Amazon Bean Soup with Winter Squash & Greens

From EatingWell: February/March 2006

Shaped like a flattened drum, buttercup squash most closely resembles the local squash used in this comforting hearty soup from northern Brazil. It has a dark green peel, a grayish turban-shaped top and dense orange flesh. Hubbard, butternut or delicata squashes could also be used. Instead of the lip-numbing Brazilian green jambu, we have used spinach. For a more festive look, serve in a roasted squash half (see Tip).

READER'S COMMENT:

"This soup is GREAT! We recently acquired a list of catabolic foods to help with our diets/exercise program and were happy to see four of the ingredients were catabolic! Very tasty and enough left over for tomorrow! :P D.A.Cool "

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10 Reviews for Amazon Bean Soup with Winter Squash & Greens

04/18/2013

Peter Mock

I've made this soup twice in the past week. We are trying to eat gluten, sugar, lactose and soy free so this recipe was perfect and very delicious. I used butternut squash and used a potato peeler to peel the skin off before I cut it up. It really worked slick. I cooked up my own pinto beans the first time and used canned the second. There was no difference in the taste.

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10/18/2012

Anonymous

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fantastic and easy to use substitute ingrediants

This is a fantastic soup that can be easily and deliciously substituted with local, available ingredients....any local winter squash or combo of hard winter squashes.....any kind of beans works well----black, white, red, pink or brown without loss of nutrtion.....the roasted squash bowl is a great presentation but does not need to be done to enjoy this soup!

Pros: very tasty and nutritious

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12/17/2011

Anonymous

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Delicious and hearty on a cold day!

The flavors in this soup are so tasty! I skipped the squash bowl and used butternut squash. I love the fact that this recipe is so healthy and tasty at the same time. This will be a regular for me!

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02/06/2011

wonderdogg44

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Awesome!

I made this for dinner tonight and the only things I changed were I substituted red kidney beans for the pinto and used butternut squash. It came out really great and tasted like I used a lot more spices than I actually did. The lime also really adds great flavor!

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12/09/2010

caroyoung

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Good with Kabocha Squash

I used a 3 lb. Kabocha squash and it was delightful. I thought the lime was really necessary and really improved the flavor, but my husband liked it as was.

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