Mung Bean Soup

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8
Oct 2018
Mung Bean Soup

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup dried mung beans (green tiny beans typically found in the bulk aisle)
  • 1 TBS coconut oil
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 2 celery stalks chopped
  • 2 carrots diced
  • 1 TSP ground turmeric
  • 2 cups diced tomatoes (fresh or from the jar)
  • 3 cups water
  • 2 bay leaves
  • chopped fresh cilantro or parsley or dry Italian Seasoning
  • salt and pepper
  • 0.5 cups grated parmesan to top (optional)

Preparation:

Soak mung beans for 2-3 hours. Melt coconut oil in a medium pot over medium heat. Add onion and sauté for 3 minutes. Add celery, carrots and turmeric and sauté until just about soft. Stir in mung beans, tomatoes, water and bay leaves, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer covered for 45 minutes. Remove from heat and discard bay leaves. Stir in cilantro and the rest of the spices.

Add parmesan if you wish. Enjoy!

Alina Warner, CHC is a Certified Health Coach through the Health Coach Institute. She is the founder and owner of Wellness Within You, a health and life coaching practice. Alina has an MBA from the University of Iowa and 15 years of project and program management experience. She left the corporate world to pursue her life’s dream to make our community healthier one person at a time. Alina is a master of habit change and helps people unlock their health potential, boost their energy and lose weight through nutrition, movement and stress management. She has successfully coached clients to adopt healthy habits by providing the right tools, offering continuous support and holding them accountable to their goals.