Curried Bean and Veggie Soup

This soup is crazy delicious and seems like it'd be difficult to make, but it's soo easy... it literally takes like, 15 minutes. I adapted it from "White bean puree with zucchini and herbs" from Vegetarian Soup for all Seasons by Nava Atlas.
here's how I make it;
ingredients
2 c of beans- white, pink, red, black or any combination.
1/2 an onion chopped
oil to sweat the onion in
1 lg zucchini, yellow squash, 2 cups of broccoli or cauliflour, Steamed.
2 tbsp of curry powder
1/2 tsp dried dill
1 tsp lemon juice

I start cooking the onions in a large sauce pan til they're translucent or I loose patience.While they're going, I chop the veggies and start them steaming with the dill thrown in for good measure.

Then open the two cans (the Blow-by-Blow!), throw them in with the onions and add the curry powder. after about 7 minutes, I add some water, let it simmer, then whirr it up with the hand blender.
once the veggies are soft, I mix it all together in the large sauce pot, add the lemon juice, let it get good and hot... and then let it sit so the flavors get good. then we eat it about half an hour later. tonight i just may make whole wheat cheddar biscuits to go with it. yummmm.

ok, so that picture is actually taken after i blended it AND threw in the zucchini, but i wanted to get my sassy blender (cuisinart smart stick hand blender CSB-77) into the picture, so I faked it. That's how tasty the soup looks when it's done. I know, your jealous.

here's the very satisfying breakdown:

curried bean and veggie soup
	% used	pkg price	cost
beans	2	0.75	1.5
zucchini	0.5	1.38	0.69
spices	1	0.25	0.25
onion	0.5	0.79	0.395
total			$2.835

I'm also working on a Sweet Potato Pie made with filling that C-love's mom sent up with me last time I was in NC. It's been in a freezer for a while, but I gave it a taste and it's soo good still. Though I don't have any shortning- just butter. usually my crusts turn out wierd without ANY shortning, sticking to the pan and so forth. Though the last one was crazy good, thanks to the addition of more salt than I usually add and Almond Meal from Trader Joes... one pound for 2.59 and it's nutty and sweet with a great, soft texture. Plus Low Carb! yaya! go sweet potato pie!