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Six-bean soup

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Ingredients:
1/4 cupBaby limas
1/4 cupSmall whites
1/4 cupBlackeyes
1/4 cupGarbanzos
1/4 cupPinks
1/4 cupLight red kidney beans
1 tspSalt
1 cupChopped onion
1 cupShopped celery
1 Clove garlic, crushed and
-minced
2 tbspButter/margarine
2 Envelopes (2 oz each)
-chicken noodle soup mix
1 cupChopped carrot
1/2 cupChopped green pepper
1/2 cupMinced parsley
1/2 Bay leaf, crumbled
1/2 tspFines herbes
1 cupFresh or canned tomatoes
-chopped
Procedures:
1Grated parmesan cheese sort, rinse and soak beans by preferred method (described below).
2To maintain color integrity, soak white and colored beans separately.
3Drain.
4Cook onion, celery, carrot, green pepper, parsley and garlic in butter until soft.
5Combine cooked vegetables with soup mix, 2 quarts water, bay leaf, fines herbes and soaked beans.
6Simmer, covered, about 1 hour to desired tenderness.
7Add tomatoes.
8Serve hot, sprinkled with cheese.
9Makes 1 gallon or about 16 1-cup servings