Butternut Squash-White Bean Soup

(from freeshebacchus’s recipe box)

Source: Cooking Light (from RecipeThing user Tri Chef) (from RecipeThing user dubuisso)

Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Serves 6 people

Ingredients

  • 3 bacon slices
  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • 2/3 cup chopped celery
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 4 cups (3/4-inch) cubed peeled butternut squash (about 1 1/2 pounds)
  • 1/4 cup dry white wine
  • 4 cups fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/4 cup whipping cream
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 (15-ounce) cans Great Northern beans, rinsed and drained
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted pumpkinseed kernels, toasted

Directions

  1. Cook bacon in a Dutch oven over medium heat until crisp. Remove the bacon from pan, reserving 2 teaspoons of drippings in pan; crumble the bacon, and set aside.

  2. Add onion, celery, and garlic to pan; cook 3 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Add squash; cook 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add wine; cook until liquid almost evaporates. Stir in broth, cumin, red pepper, cinnamon, and cloves; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 5 minutes or until squash is tender. Stir in cream, oregano, salt, black pepper, and beans; bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Sprinkle each serving with bacon and pumpkinseeds.

  3. Yield: 6 servings (serving size: 1 1/2 cups)

  4. NUTRITION PER SERVING

  5. LORIES 324(30% from fat); FAT 10.7g (sat 4.3g,mono 3.4g,poly 2.1g); PROTEIN 17.7g; CHOLESTEROL 18mg; CALCIUM 129mg; SODIUM 774mg; FIBER 9.2g; IRON 4.1mg; CARBOHYDRATE 42.2g

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