Editing Tangency Cookbook (section)

===Bean Soup, by [[User:Iceberg3k|Iceberg3k]]===

Now, this is largely an adaptation from the Moosewood Restaurant Low-Fat Cookbook.  As such, I can't legally post the recipe itself, just my variations to it.  If you're interested in the base, find the cookbook and look up "Minestrone Genoa" on page 86.  This is a hearty soup with a long pedigree in Italian cooking, with only 12.6g of fat and 255 calories per serving, and it's very different from the Tuscan-style minestrone we're normally used to here in the States, lighter yet heartier, without the strong flavor of tomato overwhelming the rest of the soup's ingredients.

*Additions:
**1 tsp dried basil
**2 tsp cumin powder
**(optional) One 2"x1"x1" piece of salt pork, removed before service (if you want a meat flavor underscoring the vegetables and beans).

*Substitutions:
**1 15-oz can of red or black beans for 1 15-oz can of great northern (or "navy") beans

*Modification to procedure:
**Increase simmer time from 20-25 to 30-35 minutes