Hearty spinach and mushroom soup

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 teaspoons Margarine or butter
1 pack (8 oz.) sliced fresh mushrooms; (about 3 c.)
½ cup Finely shredded carrot
½ cup Finely chopped onion
1 can (14 1/2 oz.) chicken broth
1½ cup Frozen cut leaf spinach, thawed; squeezed dry
⅛ teaspoon Nutmeg
1 dash Pepper
2 cups Skim milk
¼ cup All-purpose flour
4 ounces Nonfat cream cheese; cut in pieces
4 ounces Shredded reduced fat swiss cheese

Directions

Melt margarine in large nonstick saucepan over medium heat. Add mushrooms, carrot and onion; cook and stir 3 minutes. Add broth, spinach, nutmeg and pepper; mix well.

In small bowl, combine milk and flour until well blended. Add to spinach mixture; cook, stirring constantly, until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat to low. Add cream cheese and Swiss cheese; cook and stir until melted.

Serve immediately.

Makes 4 servings---250 calories per serving--70 fat calories per serving--8 grams of fat per serving.

Recipe By : Fast & Healthy November-December 1996 Posted to Digest eat-lf.v096.n229 Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 19:11:32 -0500 From: LRW979@...

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