Simple beet soup
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | large | Beet |
| 1 | Carrot | |
| 1 | medium | Onion |
| 3 | cups | Water |
| 3 | Vegetable bouillon cubes | |
| 2 | teaspoons | Wine vinegar |
| ⅛ | teaspoon | Ground cloves |
| ⅛ | teaspoon | Dill weed |
| 1 | Bay leaf | |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Sugar |
| Pepper | ||
| ½ | Lemon ; juice of | |
| Fat free sour cream for garnish | ||
Directions
PART A
PART B
PART C
Peel and coarsely chop part "A". Place vegetables in pot with part "B".
After cooking add part "C". Can be served hot or cold Cover and cook 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Remove bay leaf and puree in blender. Add lemon juice.
Place soup in bowls. Garnish each serving with sour cream Serves 4 as a first course. (Has a gorgeous red color) I cook beet greens like spinach. Select bright green leaves. Tear off the tough leaf stem. Steam for 2-3 minutes. Posted to fatfree digest V97 #185 by eva deck <edeck@...> on Aug 20, 1997