Winter Vegetable Beef Soup

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Winter Vegetable Beef Soup

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Serves 4-5
Prep time 15 minutes
Cook time 2 hours
Total time 2 hours, 15 minutes
Meal type Main Dish, Side Dish, Soup
Misc Serve Hot
By author Patty Havermale
Healthy winter vegetable beef soup using Low Sodium del Carmen Black Bean Soup

Ingredients

  • 1.5lb Beef or Pork Stew Meat
  • 3 medium Yellow gold potatoes (quartered)
  • 2 cups Butternut squash (large diced)
  • 3 Carrots (cut in half lengthwise then cut into 2 in. pieces)
  • 1 medium Sweet onion (diced)
  • 1 teaspoon Cumin
  • 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
  • 1 12 oz. container Low Sodium del Carmen Black Bean Soup
  • 16fl oz Beef broth, vegetable broth or water (Beef broth is best for fullest flavor)
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Step 1
In a large sauce pot, sauté beef or pork in small amount of olive oil until browned on all sides.
Step 2
Add onions, carrots, broth or water and spices. Bring to simmer. Simmer for 1-1.5 hours.
Step 3
Add Low Sodium del Carmen Black Bean Soup, potatoes, and squash. Return to simmer and simmer for 30 minutes or until vegetables and meat are tender.
Step 4
Adjust seasonings to taste and.. Voila!

Black Bean Sauce (Gravy)

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Black Bean Sauce (Gravy)

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Serves 3-4
Prep time 15 minutes
Cook time 30 minutes
Total time 45 minutes
Dietary Vegan, Vegetarian
Meal type Condiment
By author Patty Havermale
Black bean sauce/gravy to use as topping for mashed potatoes, turkey, etc.

Ingredients

  • 1 12 oz. container del Carmen Black Bean Soup (May use either regular or low sodium soup)
  • 1/4 medium Onion (diced)
  • 6 medium Mushrooms (any type, sliced thin)
  • 1-2 tablespoon Olive oil

Note

Impress your guests with this muy delicioso twist on the traditional holiday gravy recipe.

Directions

Step 1
In a sauce pan, sauté onions and mushrooms in olive oil until soft.
Step 2
Add del Carmen Black Bean Soup and bring to simmer. Simmer to desired consistency.

Highlighted Farmer’s Market Vendor

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The Post-Dispatch featured del Carmen this week in an article about our owner and our products.

Del Carmen products can be found weekly at the Tower Grove Farmers Market and monthly at the Maplewood, Clayton and Webster Groves markets.

Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/food-and-cooking/farmers-market-vendor-del-carmen-s-truly-cuban-black-beans/article_e460d0d9-3c43-5444-96e0-c3458a67f5f2.html#ixzz1tepQPwPm

Farmer’s Markets

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Where to find us?

Tower Grove:  every Saturday, starting in May

Schalfly:  Last Wednesday of every month

Clayton:  First Saturday of every month

Webster Groves:  Third Thursday of every month

Frequency and other locations under consideration.

Will post if any changes.

See you soon!

del Carmen Mentioned in Post Dispatch Article About Local Healthy Food

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Our products were mentioned this week in a St. Louis Post Dispatch newspaper article.  The article highlights a local St. Louis couple and their dedicated quest for local, healthy food.  The article points out the versatility of our beans.

At home, he does most of the cooking. “The focus of our meals is vegetables. We use meat as flavoring,” Castulik said. “We’re lazy cooks, so we approach things in a least-work manner. For breakfast, we like scramblers — farm eggs with greens, a little meat, vegetables. We’ll buy wonderful cooked Cuban black beans from Del Carmen at the farmers’ market to add to soups or as a side dish. Stir-fry meals, salads with a little meat mixed in; we’re easy.”

Read the full article in stltoday.com.

del Carmen at Best of Missouri 2011

If eating local food and eating healthy is important to you and you live in the St. Louis region, come visit us at one of the area’s local farmer’s markets.