Three bean soup

Three bean soup

This soup makes a great work packed lunch, the beans are filling, healthy and it's low-fat

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 20 minutes

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Heat the chicken stock in a saucepan until simmering, add the broad beans and green beans and cook for 2 minutes, add the cannellini beans and cook for a further 2 minutes. Season. Stir in the basil and parmesan.
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Low Gi

Adding beans is a surefire way of keeping the Gi down and this recipe has a triple whammy. The skin coating each bean takes a long time to be digested, so keeps your blood sugar steady for a long time.

Per serving

227 kcalories, protein 18.7g, carbohydrate 28g, fat 5.2 g, saturated fat 1.9g, fibre 10.8g, salt 2.31 g

Recipe from olive magazine, October 2006.

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  • 30 December 2007

    Zloob commented on this recipe

    For this to be a true vegetarian recipe an alternative to chicken-stock would have to be used.

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  • 28 February 2008

    astroboy rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    prefer to use soya beans over the broad beans

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  • 09 July 2010

    Carolyn rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Really simple, really nice. I used frozen green beans and broad beans from the garden. I added lemon juice which worked well.

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  • 05 May 2011

    Beth rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I used peas instead of broad beans and fresh chicken stock. Was nicer than I thought it might (thought it might be a bit boring).

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  • 07 July 2011

    Lordie commented on this recipe

    I use veg stock not chicken as it's listed as a vegetarian dish.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 20 minutes

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 500ml chicken or vegetable stock , fresh, cube or concentrate
  • 2 handfuls broad beans , fresh or fozen
  • 2 handfuls green beans , trimmed
  • 400g tin cannellini beans , drained and rinsed
  • handful basil leaves, roughly chopped
  • 2 tbsp grated parmesan or Grana Padano
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Per serving

227 kcalories, protein 18.7g, carbohydrate 28g, fat 5.2 g, saturated fat 1.9g, fibre 10.8g, salt 2.31 g

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