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Squash and White Bean Soup

December 1, 2008 - 11:58am — matt (not verified)

I admire vegetarians.

I admire people who have convictions and are willing to make sacrifices in their lives in order to live by a code. Sort of like Dexter.

However, I do not generally like eating with vegetarians, since dishes are often diminished to the lowest-common-denominator in terms of ingredients. I don't blame the vegetarians for this, since a good chef should be able to make delicious food without meat. But it is a fact that a lot of vegetarian food I've eaten, at least in restaurants, has not been satisfying.

So, it is a real pleasure when I come across a dish that manages to be vegetarian but does not taste like something has been subtracted from it.

One such dish is Squash and White Bean Soup in the December issue of Real Simple.

We didn't make the biscuits and added mushrooms and some quinoa pasta for kicks, but otherwise didn't alter the recipe at all, which is unusual for me.