Watercress Soup

Amount

  Measure

  Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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2

  tablespoons

  unsalted butter

1

  small

  yellow onion -- diced

1/4

  teaspoon

  salt

1/8

  teaspoon

  pepper

1

  large

 Yukon Gold potato

2

  cups

  low sodium vegetable broth

1

  pound

  watercress -- chopped

1

  tablespoon

  lemon juice

1/4

  cup

 low fat sour cream

Melt butter in saucepan. Add onion and cook until golden.

Add salt and pepper and potato. Add chicken broth until boiling. Reduce heat and cook 10 to 15 minutes or until potato is cooked through.

Add watercress and cook for 4 to 5 minutes or until cooked through.

Add 1 tablespoon lemon juice and mix well.

Puree soup in batches until smooth. Add sour cream and mix thoroughly.

Makes 6 servings.

Per Serving: 90 Calories; 4g Fat (42.0% calories from fat); 7g Protein; 7g Carbohydrate; 3g Dietary Fiber; 12mg Cholesterol; 306mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain (Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 1 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.

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