Vintage Cookbooks: The No Fad Good Food $5 a Week Cookbook (1974)

"In comparison to what most of the people of the world pay for food, and to what we need to nourish ourselves, we spend a fortune."

Caroline Ackerman (The No Fad Good Food $5 a Week Cookbook, 1974)

(Available for free from the Internet Archive)

Dutch Bean Soup
(made with dried beans)

Yield: 4 Cups

Wash and pick over 1 cup dry beans (pinto, navy, or lima), and place in cooking pot with 6 cups water.  Soak over night.

Add

• 1 tsp salt
• 3 whole cloves
• 6 peppercorns
• 1 bayleaf

Bring to boil. Reduce heat, and simmer for 2 hours. Rub through a sieve if you have one, or blend until smooth.

Heat 2 tbsp fat in a heavy pan.  Sauté 1/3 cup sliced celery and/or onion and 1/3 cup sliced or shredded carrots. Add to soup. 

Thin with a bit of boiling water if necessary (to taste), and return to boil.

Reduce heat and simmer for about 20 minutes or until flavours mix.

Add:

• 1-1/2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1-1/2 tbsp ketchup

Optional: Add 1/3 cup evaporated milk at the end of cooking.