BEANS AND SAUERKRAUT SOUP

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb. cranberry beans
  • 1 lg. can sauerkraut
  • 1 med. onion
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 tbsp. oil
  • 1 heaping tbsp. flour
  • Salt to taste

Instructions:

Soak beans overnight. Cook in approximately 3 quarts of water until tender (3 hours). Add sauerkraut and simmer 1/2 hour. Add flour and oil and brown lightly in skillet with onion and garlic (chop fine). Add to beans and sauerkraut. (For a richer soup, add ham bone or Kielbasi to beans and cook together.) For a fast soup use canned red beans.