Re: Things are going well...

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I like to "sour" white bean (e.g. navy) soups with a little vinegar (I like malt but I think white is traditional) or lemon juice. Vinegar's not really good in black bean soups but a little lemon or lime is.

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I'd love to hear if you find a good bean puree soup recipe. Lea Ann posted a recipe for tomato soup recently. It was super easy and I just found the post with it, so here is what she said in quotes below:

"I've made cream of tomato soup with tomatoes, a small cube of sharp cheddar cheese, a veggie bullion cube, a small lemon wedge and 4-5 dates (cream of tomato soup from 's is really sweet). If you add some zucchini it adds creaminess. Add some sun dried tomatoes and it gets thicker and has a really nice, bumped up tomato flavor..."

Here is another recipe Lea Ann shared for Tomato Basil Soup, and what Fiona did sounds yummy too!

http://wn.com/VITA-MIX_MAGIC_Tomato_Basil_Soup_with_Kirsty

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:49 PM, justdeb123 <battleraven@...> wrote:

I am going to make a bean puree soup, it won't be 100% done in the vita mix though.

I also want to do a tomato soup using whole tomatoes, but I am still looking for a good recipe.

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> How about making hot soups on the vitamix to take to work? They reheat well. My daughter takes some to school in a thermos and no need to reheat. You can add in some avocado when you are ready to eat! Yum...

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MMMMMMMM, sounds yummy! Cranberry beans are one of my all time favorites, and one of the things that I can't grow indoors! I grow them and freeze them so I have them all winter. I am SO ready for spring-hands are twitching for outdoor gardens!

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I have just gotten set up to video myself in the kitchen (electronic gadgets rock too), so I am hoping I can actually see what it is that I do in there all day, lol.I am going to make a bean puree soup, it won't be 100% done in the vita mix though.I also want to do a tomato soup using whole tomatoes, but I am still looking for a good recipe.>> How about making hot soups on the vitamix to take to work? They reheat well. My daughter takes some to school in a thermos and no need to reheat. You can add in some avocado when you are ready to eat! Yum...> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry>

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I use beans as a "cream" base for many things, including ice cream. I often puree just beans, but also like to have frozen cubes of beans pureed with veggies on hand to throw in a quick sauce or gravy. The cubes frozen with beans and veggies mixed together with a little veggie stock make a wonderful quick soup when just tossed in the Vitamix. I am going to make a bean

puree soup, it won't be 100% done in the

vita mix though.

I also want to do a tomato soup using whole

tomatoes, but I am still looking for a good

recipe.

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> How about making hot soups on the

vitamix to take to work? They reheat

well. My daughter takes some to school in

a thermos and no need to reheat. You can

add in some avocado when you are ready to

eat! Yum...

> Sent from my Verizon Wireless

BlackBerry

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Lets see, for our wish list.....Cookbook gluten free and everything else... :>}blog...videos on CD for those on slow internet and low bandwidth connections... with video on CD we can watch it multiple times, stopping and trying to gauge quantities of ingredients for the recipes not in book yet or until cookbook get written> > > > From: Deb DeMita battleraven@...> > Subject: RE: Re: Things are going well...> > > > Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2011, 9:39 PM> > > > > > We need to hire someone to follow us in the kitchen and write it down as we go.> > > > > > > > From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Berry> > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 9:25 PM> > > > Subject: RE: Re: Things are going well...> > > > I often get asked why I don't write a cookbook for my gluten free goodies. The simple truth is I have no idea how I make what I do-I just chuck stuff in until it is "right". When asked for a recipe, it is actually difficult for me to define one, since I never measure ANYTHING, lol.> > > >

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Thanks for this!  It sounds very tasty!On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 7:43 PM, movieZombie <ammello@...> wrote:

i made a bean puree soup last week.  but no recipe, i'm afraid.

i used cranberry beans. garlic.  the green section just above the white of several leeks and finely chopped them.  the garlic had been frozen with the skins off.  i sauted the garlic and green leeks a bit in olive oil.  then i added some cranberry beans i grew and froze last summer.  to this i added chicken broth and let them cook until the beans were soft.  then i vitamixed the whole thing.  can be eaten as a soup or a dip.

my husband does not like beans.  he likes this!

ammello

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> >  You can add in some avocado when you are ready to eat!  Yum...

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Mmm this sounds yummy.  I will definitely save it to try.Thanks for sharing!On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 7:34 PM, Fiona <fiona.k@...> wrote:

When you ask about a bean puree soup, do you mean one that is pretty

much just beans?  Or can it have half veggies in it?

This isn't a vitamix recipe, just one that I do on the stove, but it

could easily be adapted.  I very often make soups with beans in

them.  For myself, I'd leave the ingredients unblended (although I'd

mash a bit to make the soup all thick but leave chunks), but for my

kids, I blend them until smooth. 

I start by frying an onion on very low heat (and you could use water

or stock for frying if you are avoiding oil), then add cumin,

coriander, cardamom, turmeric and a little pepper.  Also add a clove

or two of garlic, crushed.  If I'm trying to keep my soup close to

white, I'll leave out the turmeric and pepper, but in a coloured

soup I'll put it in for the anti cancer properties. 

Then I add a cauliflower or two, or chopped pumpkin, or chopped

zucchinis - depending on what sort of soup I'm making.  (If I do

pumpkin, I use a butternut and usually roast it in the oven first

just whole so that it is easy to cut, then you can just scoop it out

of the skin and drop it straight into the pot).  If I want to pad it

out a bit I might add potatoes.

Then I put in some sort of legume.  So here is where I would put in

a heap of lentils (matching colour to the veg) or beans.  If using

beans, I would want them to be precooked or else I'd use black eye

peas or adzuki beans so they are quick.  Cover in stock and cook it

all up.

Then for a smooth soup, puree it.

To give an idea of quantities, I'd put in equivalent to one whole

cauli, 2 or 3 potatoes and a cup or so of dried lentils.  Watch the

water/stock incase you need to top it up.  You could leave out the

potatoes (and get a little less soup).

My kids top it with grated cheese.  I have it plain.  You could add

whatever you like - sour cream, cream, etc.  I don't have dairy.

Now ... when I get my vitamix, I'll try something similar using raw

veg and precooked legumes.  I'll be trying a quantity just for

myself first incase it needs adjusting.  Hoping it will be good

though, as two of my kids aren't good at eating vegetables, but they

are pretty good at eating " smooth soup " , so hoping to be making a

few vitamix smooth soups this winter coming up.

Fiona

On 16/02/2011 1:03 PM, Deb DeMita wrote:

 

My grandmother had a great bean

soup recipe, unfortunately no one in my family writes

things down as they cook.  I can’t complain either

because I am the same way.  I once asked my

grandmother how much of an ingredient to use, and her

response was “enough”. 

 

I usually only use a recipe out of

the book once, and then I add things to suit my

tastes.  (I am sure everyone else here does that also)

 

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Behalf Of Kimble

Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 8:22 PM

Subject: Re: Re:

Things are going well...

 

 

I'd love to hear if you find a good bean puree

soup recipe.  Lea Ann posted a recipe for tomato

soup recently.  It was super easy and I just found

the post with it, so here is what she said in

quotes below:

" I've made cream of tomato soup with

tomatoes, a small cube of sharp cheddar

cheese, a veggie bullion cube, a small lemon

wedge and 4-5 dates (cream of tomato soup

from 's is really sweet).  If you

add some zucchini it adds creaminess.  Add

some sun dried tomatoes and it gets thicker

and has a really nice, bumped up tomato

flavor... "

 

Here is another recipe Lea Ann shared

for Tomato Basil Soup, and what Fiona did

sounds yummy too!

http://wn.com/VITA-MIX_MAGIC_Tomato_Basil_Soup_with_Kirsty

 

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at

4:49 PM, justdeb123 <battleraven@...>

wrote:

I am going to make a bean

puree soup, it won't be 100% done in the

vita mix though.

I also want to do a tomato soup using whole

tomatoes, but I am still looking for a good

recipe.

>

> How about making hot soups on the

vitamix to take to work?  They reheat

well.  My daughter takes some to school in

a thermos and no need to reheat.  You can

add in some avocado when you are ready to

eat!  Yum...

> Sent from my Verizon Wireless

BlackBerry

>

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Oh yum!  I had to google linquica but now you have me salivating.On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 2:13 PM, movieZombie <ammello@...> wrote:

you're welcome!

update:  last night i cooked up some chopped linquica, added some sliced steamed carrots.  then i poured the puree in.  i needed to add water to get a " soup " consistency.  wow!  was great!  lots of good flavor w/o the bean texture my husband doesn't like....thanks to the vitamixed bean puree.

ammello

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