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I'm Kathy Maister.

Today, we're going to make Mixed Bean and Vegetable Soup from Good Housekeeping's

Complete Book of Vegetarian Cookery.

It cooks in about 35 minutes and can be served as a main course.

At the end of this video, there will be a list of the equipment and ingredients needed to make this dish the first thing we need to do is to chop all the vegetables the

one and one half pounds of root vegetables you have chosen need to be peeled and cut

into one inch chunks I'm using a parsnip a potato and some carrots cut one red

pepper in half and remove the stems and the seeds. Then cut it

into strips. Cut two stalks of washed celery into one half inch chunks. One fennel

bulb needs to get chopped as well, as does one medium onion. Chop two small zucchini and

one quarter cup of parsley. Then set it aside. They don't get added until the very end of the

recipe. Turn the stove on high heat. Let your pan heat up for about a minute. Pour in one

tablespoon of olive oil and let that heat up. Add this mountain of vegetables to the pot. Using a

wooden spoon or a spatula, stir the vegetables. Cook them for about four minutes. Keep stirring. We don't want anything to burn. Add one clove of crushed garlic, two teaspoons of curry powder, and two bay leaves. Remember to remove the bay leaf before serving. Continue cooking and stirring another two minutes. Now add four cups of stock. There should be enough stock to cover all of the vegetables. Bring the whole

pot to a boil, then put the cover on and turn the stove down to simmer. Set the timer for 20 minutes.

When the timer goes off, add one can of red kidney beans and one can of black eyed peas,

which have been rinsed and drained. And cook the soup for about another 10 minutes. By now,

all the lovely flavors are

melding together and you can undoubtedly smell the curry. This next step is

going to surprise you. Turn the heat off the stove. Remove the two bay leaves and

with a ladle scoop out about one half of the soup and put it in a blender. Yep we're

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