White Bean And Ham Soup With Dandelion Greens

Recipe Ingredients

1 lb	454g / 16oz	Ham - cut bite-size
2		Carrots - chopped
1		Onion - chopped
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Great Northern beans - rinsed, and
		Broken pieces picked out
8 cups	1896ml	Water
		Salt - to taste
2		Bay leaves
1		Dandelion greens
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste

Recipe Instructions

Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Heat the ham in a large, heavy oven-proof soup pot over medium heat. Add the carrots, cover and cook 5 minutes. Add the onion, cover and cook until soft, stirring several times so they don't stick to the bottom, about 10 more minutes. Add the beans, water, 1 teaspoon salt and bay leaves, cover and bake until the beans are quite tender, about 2 hours.

Discard tough parts of dandelion stems. Chop the dandelion greens, remove the soup pot from the oven and stir in the greens. Replace the cover and set aside, off heat, until the greens have softened, about 10 minutes. Remove the bay leaves. Season to taste with pepper and salt, though the latter probably won't be necessary because of the ham.

This recipe yields 6 to 8 servings.

Each of 8 servings: 236 calories; 1,069 mg sodium; 30 mg cholesterol; 5 grams fat; 2 grams saturated fat; 22 grams carbohydrates; 17 grams protein; 6.82 grams fiber.

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 03-21-2001

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