1 POINT
per serving

Ingredients:

20 oz. mixture of various dry beans*
1 chopped celery stalk
Water
1 clove garlic or 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1 potato peeled and cut into chunks
Salt (optional)
1 medium chopped onion
Pepper (optional)
1 carrot diced

Instructions:

Rinse beans and remove any debris.  Put beans into a large pot and cover beans with 2 inches of water.  Bring beans and water to a boil.  Remove beans from heat and let stand for 1 hour.  You may discard soaking water with fresh water.  After 1 hour, add potato, onion, celery, carrot, and garlic.  Add additional water, if necessary.  Reheat bean mixture, stirring occasionally.  Add more water if desired.  Garnish with non-fat sour cream and chives.  Serves approx. 12 (1 cup) depending on how much water is added.

*Use a combination of beans such as 15 bean soup mix (discard seasoning packet), kidney, Northern, pinto, split peas, lentils, navy, cranberry, black, lima).

Yield: 12 servings (1 cup)
1 POINTS per serving

Nutrition information:
PER SERVING: CALORIES: 171 (2.3% from fat) FAT: 0.4g (SAT 0.1g) CHOL: 0mg FIBER: 12.3g SODIUM: 17.1mg