My Canadian Friends Bean Soup Food

FRENCH CANADIAN (NOT BOSTON) BAKED BEANS

Steps:

• Pour the beans onto a plate, and pick-over looking for bad beans, or stones. Place beans in bowl, cover with water by at least 2 inches, and soak overnight.
• Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.
• Drain beans and place in 4-quart bean pot. Add onion, dry mustard, pepper, salt, and maple syrup. Add water to cover. Cut salt pork into 1-inch pieces and place on top of beans. Bake covered, approximately 8 hours. Check each hour to see if water needs to be added. You can add more maple syrup in place of water for flavor, if desired.
• Serve the beans with brown bread, franks, or ham. For breakfast, serve with eggs, bacon, and home-fries.

MY FAVORITE NAVY BEAN SOUP...SO EASY TO PREPARE!

Steps:

• Wash beans in a colander.
• Sort beans, discarding stones and blemished beans.
• Place beans in a large saucepan and cover with cold water by 1 inch.
• Bring to a boil over high heat.
• Boil for 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat, cover and let stand for 1 hour.
• Drain beans and return to saucepan.
• In food processor bowl fitted with slicing blade, slice carrots, celery and onion.
• Add carrot-vegetable mixture to beans in saucepan.
• Add 6 cups water.
• Bring mixture to a simmer over high heat.
• Replace slicing food processor blade with metal blade.
• Add ham (or bacon) and pulse until chopped.
• Add ham or bacon to saucepan.
• Reduce heat and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, until beans are very tender, about 1 and 1/2 hours.
• Add sugar, to taste.
• Add salt, white pepper, and pinch of ground nutmeg.
• Serve soup in heated bowls.
• If desired, add 1/2 t sour cream or creme fraice to top each serving, or.
• add dollop of sherry to each serving.
• Enjoy.

MY CANADIAN FRIEND'S BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a pot over medium heat. Add garlic and onion; cook and stir for about 5 minutes. Add the sausage, breaking into small pieces. Cook and stir for another 5 minutes, or until browned.
• Stir in the beans, tomatoes with their juice and chicken broth. Season with rosemary and black pepper. Bring to a simmer, and cook for at least 10 minutes. Serve right away, or let it simmer for a while, stirring occasionally, until you are ready to eat.

MY CANADIAN FRIEND'S BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a pot over medium heat. Add garlic and onion; cook and stir for about 5 minutes. Add the sausage, breaking into small pieces. Cook and stir for another 5 minutes, or until browned.
• Stir in the beans, tomatoes with their juice and chicken broth. Season with rosemary and black pepper. Bring to a simmer, and cook for at least 10 minutes. Serve right away, or let it simmer for a while, stirring occasionally, until you are ready to eat.

MY CANADIAN FRIEND'S BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a pot over medium heat. Add garlic and onion; cook and stir for about 5 minutes. Add the sausage, breaking into small pieces. Cook and stir for another 5 minutes, or until browned.
• Stir in the beans, tomatoes with their juice and chicken broth. Season with rosemary and black pepper. Bring to a simmer, and cook for at least 10 minutes. Serve right away, or let it simmer for a while, stirring occasionally, until you are ready to eat.

VEGETARIAN CHILI

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir 3-5 minutes. Add red pepper, zucchini and carrot. Cook and stir until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Add tomatoes, beans, water and seasonings. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, 40 minutes adding more water as needed. If desired, serve with lime and cilantro.

MOM'S NAVY BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Wash and pick over beans.
• Cover with water and soak overnight (or boil for 10 minutes and let sit for an hour).
• Discard soaking water, rinse beans and put in a large soup pot.
• Add the 8 cups of water and bring to a boil.
• Cover tightly and reduce heat to a low simmer.
• Add carrots.
• In a non-stick pan saute onion in balsamic vinegar until it carmelizes (this takes a while on low heat).
• Add garlic, celery leaves, and bell pepper.
• Continue sauteing, adding more liquid as necessary.
• When the mixture has cooked down somewhat, add it to the beans.
• Add the remaining ingredients except the miso.
• Stir in the miso and simmer from 1 to 2 more hours (depending on when you're ready to eat and if you can resist the aroma).
• Remove bay leaves.

BEAN AND BACON SOUP

Steps:

• Cook bacon in soup pot till browned but still limp.
• Remove bacon from pan and reserve two tablespoons bacon fat.
• Cook carrots,onions, and celery in bacon fat over medium heat till soft.
• add beans and broth to soup pot with bacon and veggies.
• Bring to boil and turn heat down to simmer for 1/1/2 hours.
• Season with celery salt and pepper and serve with crusty bread and butter.

MY CANADIAN FRIEND'S BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a pot over medium heat. Add garlic and onion; cook and stir for about 5 minutes. Add the sausage, breaking into small pieces. Cook and stir for another 5 minutes, or until browned.
• Stir in the beans, tomatoes with their juice and chicken broth. Season with rosemary and black pepper. Bring to a simmer, and cook for at least 10 minutes. Serve right away, or let it simmer for a while, stirring occasionally, until you are ready to eat.