Sweet Potato Bisque
Holly Clegg
- Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1tablespoon butter
- 1-- onion, chopped
- 3cups (1/2-inch) chunks peeled sweet potatoes (yam)
- 2cups canned chicken or vegetable broth
- 1/2teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- 1/8teaspoon cayenne
- 1cup skim milk
- -- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- In a large nonstick pot, melt butter and sauté onion until tender, about 4 minutes. Add sweet potato and chicken broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, 15 minutes, or until potatoes are tender.
- Pour mixture into a food processor and blend until smooth; return to pot. Add thyme, cayenne and milk and cook over low heat just until heated through. Addsalt and pepper. Makes 4 cups.
Recipe reprinted with permission from Holly Clegg and Gerald Miletello’s Eating Well Through Cancer: Easy Recipes & Recommendations During and After Treatment (2001).
Nutritional Info *per serving
- Calories 156
- Fat 3g
- Saturated Fat 2g
- Cholesterol 9mg
- Sodium 296mg
- Carbohydrate 27g
- Fiber 4g
- Protein 5g