Rio Grande Kidney Bean Soup Recipe

1 slice Bacon
1 tsp Garlic, minced
1/2 cup Onion, chopped
2 1/2 cup Kidney beans, canned with liquid
3 cup Beef broth
3 Bay leaves
1/2 tsp Salt
1/8 tsp Ground pepper, freshly
1/4 tsp Dried basil, crumbled

Fry bacon over medium heat in heavy frying pan;
crumble bacon and set aside. Reheat bacon drippings
over medium heat; saute garlic and onion until tender,
stirring occaionally. Puree beans in blender or food
processor fitted with steel blade and stir into onion
mixture. Blend in crumbled bacon and remaining
ingredients, stirring occasionally until soup is hot.
Remove and discard by leaves. Soup will thicken as it
stands and be thinned with water or additional beef
broth.

Food Exchanges per serving: 1 VEGETABLE EXCHANGE + 1
STARCH/BREAD EXCHANGE + 1/2 FAT EXCHANGE CHO: 19g;
PRO: 8g; FAT: 3g; CAL: 136 Low-sodium diets: This
recipe is not suitable.

Source: The Art of Cooking for the Diabetic by Mary
Abbott Hess,R.D.,M.S. and Katharine Middleton

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Preparation Time: 0:00

Serves: 6

Is this Rio Grande Kidney Bean Soup Recipe Suitable for Diabetics?

This Rio Grande Kidney Bean Soup recipe is one of our collection of diabetic Soup recipes. Because we don`t know your individual health concerns and the guidelines your doctors have provided, we really cannot say for certain that this Rio Grande Kidney Bean Soup recipe is acceptable for you. Still, because somebody labelled it as `diabetic` it suggests in theory, that it at least covers the basic condition for the tag `diabetic`, being low fat and low carb and therefore, should be healthier than the non-diabetic equivalent. Even taking that into account, this Rio Grande Kidney Bean Soup recipe should only be used In the event that you understand your own condition and are happy that the ingredients are suitable for you.

This Rio Grande Kidney Bean Soup Recipe is part of our diabetic Soup recipes section. It is totally impractical for us to prepare each of the diabetic Soup recipes to warrant that all the recipes are 100% OK for people with diabetes. There are many thousands of individual recipes in the collection, & to validate them all at the rate of 7 recipes per week would take more than 6 years. We strongly advise you to read the nutritional content to make sure that they agree with the diabetes nutritional guidelines your medical advisors have offered you. If you find that this Rio Grande Kidney Bean Soup recipe is not safe for sufferers of diabetes, then let us know and we will modify or remove the problem recipe from our diabetic recipe collection.

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