Cold Snow Pea Soup

Recipe Ingredients

3 tablespoons	45ml	Unsalted butter
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Snow peas - rinsed, stemmed,
		And roughly chopped
8		Green onions, including green - cleaned, chopped
5		Fresh ginger - peeled/finely
		Chopped
4 tablespoons	60ml	Fresh mint leaves - chopped
4		Garlic cloves - chopped
1		Low-sodium chicken broth - (14 1/2 oz) - mixed with
3 cups	711ml	Water
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
1 cup	237ml	Plain low-fat yogurt
		Snow peas - for garnish
		Mint sprigs - for garnish

Recipe Instructions

Melt butter in a medium saucepan. Add snow peas, onions, ginger, mint leaves and garlic cloves. Stir and cover. Cook slowly over low heat until ingredients are wilted.

Add chicken broth mixture, bring to a boil, cover and turn heat to simmer. Cook until ingredients are tender (about 20 minutes).

Remove from heat and let cool for about 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Puree in a food processor until smooth. Put in a nonmetal container, cover and refrigerate at least 3 hours.

When ready to serve, stir yogurt until smooth, then combine with soup. Garnish individual servings with snow peas and mint sprigs.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Nutritional Analysis Per Serving: 200 calories; 7.6 g fat.

Source:
Jo Merrill/Dakotah on the http://www.eclix.net Food BB

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