Yellow Pod Bean Soup
Ingredients
- • 420 g/ 15 oz yellow pod beans
- • 2 cups organic vegetable juice (a mix of tomato, beet, cabbage, carrot , celery root, onion juice and red bell pepper pulp)
- • ½ tsp hot smoked paprika
- • 1 handful curled parsley leaves – finely chopped
- • 1 onion
- • 1 ½ Tbsp finely chopped dry vegetables (a mix of carrots, parsley leaves and roots, parsnips, red and white onions, tomatoes and celery root)
- • Salt – to taste
- • ½ green kohlrabi
- • 2 small carrots – sliced
Directions
Pour the vegetable juice and some water in a 2 ½ l/ 85 fl oz pot so that your pot is halfway-full. Add some salt and bring to a boil.
In the meantime, wash the bean pods and snap off ends. Then cut or snap them into 5-6 cm/ 2 ¼ inch pieces.
Wash carrots and parsley leaves. Peel and slice the carrots then finely chop the parsley leaves. Peel the onion and cut in half. Wash the kohlrabi, trim and peel then cut into ¾ cm/ 1.3 inch thick sticks.
When the content of the pot starts boiling, taste and add more salt if necessary then the hot paprika. Toss in dry vegetables, onion halves, carrot slices and bean pods. Cover the pot but not completely, leaving a small opening. Boil over medium heat for 5 minutes then toss in the kohlrabi sticks. Let it boil for another 10 minutes or so, toss in the chopped parsley and let it boil for 2 minutes. Remove the onion from the pot.
Serve while still warm or cold along with some plain yoghurt. Decorate with parsley leaves.
Bon appétit!
I hope this recipe will help those of you trying to lose weight without giving up all those important nutrients and vitamins. The recipe goes to Ivy and Ben, the hosts of Fat Chefs or Skinny Gourmets. The deadline is June 30th so you’ve still got time to participate!
And don’t forget the most important thing: make healthy eating your way of living and allow yourself a few exceptions every now and then, otherwise you’ll be more tempted to go back to the old habits 
Baby steps are always better if you’re aiming more durable results.
Lore, this sounds delicious and it can’t get any healthier. Thanks for participating.
22 June 2008 at 15:13Gosh this looks incredible!
22 June 2008 at 17:26Lore, this looks delicous. It is raining in Lyme, Ct and a nice breeze is blowing. Perfect for a bowl of this soup followed by a nap. Well done.
22 June 2008 at 19:04What a fantastic soup and picture!
22 June 2008 at 22:13This recipe looks wonderful…..u have a wonderful blog and thanks for visiting mine.
22 June 2008 at 22:46That vegetable soup looks tasty.
23 June 2008 at 01:25I want some yellow beans!
23 June 2008 at 12:56Lore! thanks I got it!! nice soup! it sounds really filling and healthy.
23 June 2008 at 15:14mmmm, that looks so soul satisfying and healthy. what a clever idea to add veggie juice into the broth, i bet the flavor was stunning!
oh and i do love the new theme, cool details with the circles
23 June 2008 at 17:37colorful and healthy, and you said the magic word: bean. i can’t seem to get enough (much to the chagrin of the people who have to be around me shortly after…sorry, was that an overshare?)
23 June 2008 at 19:21I like your pictures, look so clear and tempting.
23 June 2008 at 21:06I think of myself as not a soup person, but this photo would have me thinking otherwise. This sounds really good!
24 June 2008 at 00:09Ooooh, I can just taste the smoked paprika in this — delicious!
25 June 2008 at 01:36i dont have much soup recipes…i’ll bookmark this one for the future for sure
25 June 2008 at 14:17Oh, another way to use kolrabi. Thanks for the light and healthy recipe.
01 July 2008 at 23:42Ivy - Thanks for hosting! I really enjoy participating in healthy food related events.
Cathy, Kim, Jan, Hetal, Kevin , Emiline, Rajani - Thanks
I enjoy mine cold with some yoghurt, it’s incredibly refreshing on a hot summer day!
Aria - Thanks! Glad you liked the idea
Anne (my webdesigner) did such a great job, I love her design even after seeing it so many times 
Grace - I thought you might like beans
Ha ha, you’re too funny…no, that wasn’t an overshare, we got past that since the red cabbage post 
Retno and Mike - Thanks you guys
Lydia - You’re right, the smoked paprika came through just enough to gave it a nice twist.
Dhanggit - I love soup even if that might not be obvious from my blog ha ha :D. The strange thing is I mostly enjoy them during summer because I like to eat then cold or lukewarm, never hot.
Susan - You’re welcome! I like using kohlrabi in soups as much as I enjoy eating it raw
04 July 2008 at 09:15Looks really hearty!
09 July 2008 at 04:01It is indeed really hearty Ranjani.
11 July 2008 at 22:23