Tasty and Easy Recipes

Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup vinegar
16 oz green beans, can, drained
16 oz yellow beans, can, drained
16 oz lima beans, can, drained
16 oz garbanzo beans, can, drained
16 oz red kidney beans, drained
1 each green pepper, slivered
4 each celery, sliced
3 each onions, medium, sliced thin

Method:
Combine sugar, salt vinegar in pan, bring to boil for 1 min. Cool.
Toss all other ingredients together and pour the vinegar mixture over them. Marinate for 24 hrs in refrigerator, stirring occasionally.

Ingredients:
3 onions, diced
Oil
1 cup canned or fresh mushrooms, sliced
1/2 cup barley
2 carrots, diced
3/4 cup lima beans
14 cups water
Pepper
Garlic powder
1 tablespoon chicken soup powder

Method:
Brown mushrooms and onions in oil until transparent. Put in pot.
Put the rest of the ingredients in the pot. Bring to a boil. Lower flame and simmer for 3 hours.

Ingredients:
1 clove garlic, chopped fine
1 tbsp. olive oil
1 can (400gr) whole Italian-style tomatoes
2 large cans cannellini beans, do not drain
2 cups broth-your choice chicken, turkey, vegetable (low-fat, no-salt, regular),
2 packages frozen chopped spinach
Salt and pepper to taste
Your choice of herbs, chopped fresh herbs are best–again, your choice

Method:
Saute’ garlic in oil for about 1 minute.
Add can of tomatoes, 1 can of the beans (undrained), the salt and pepper, and the broth. Bring to a boil.
Meanwhile, puree the second can of beans in a blender and add to the broth. Stir to blend. Add the spinach, stir to blend and return to boiling then turn heat down and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes. Now you can add your choice of herbs–oregano and basil make a great combo, amounts to your taste.
Simmer for another 5 minutes. Serve.