I actually got this from a cooking book, but whatever, it's cheap, easy, and delicious. As opposed to most, it serves two, but you can just put it in the freezer to eat the other half later. And again, I explained it as simple as possible, so even people who've literally never cooked before can make it.

Ingredients:

One can of brown beans

One leek

One onion

One or two fresh (meaning uncooked) sausages. I always go with pork sausages, as is Dutch tradition, but you can also opt for a halal/kosher beef or poultry sausage, or a vegetarian soy-based sausage

Three-quarters of a litre of water (Americans will have to convert that to cubic feet or whatever)

Salt, pepper, or tabasco to taste

Utensils:

A knife and cutting board

A pot that's large enough to hold all the ingredients, with a lid

Something to stir the soup with

A stove/heater/whatever to heat food with

A soup bowl and a spoon

Recipe:

Take the outer 2-3 layers off the leek, chop off the roots, and then slice up the rest and wash it.

Cut the top and bottom off the onion, peel off the outer (darker) layer, and slice the rest into pieces. These pieces don't need to be small.

Put the beans, onion, leek, and water together in the pot and stir. You don't need to drain the beans first, the pot fluid actually adds to the taste of the soup. Put the sausage(s) on top.

Put the lid on the pot and the pot on maximum heat.

When the water starts bubbling, put the heat to low and wait for at least an hour.

Taste the soup to decide whether or not to add salt, pepper, or tabasco.

Take the sausage(s) out and slice it/them up.

Now that the temperatures have dropped considerably and it already feels like autumn, there is nothing better than a large pan of homemade soup. This brown bean soup is a typical Dutch dish. Tasty, nutritious and an easy meal for cold, winter days.

Ingredients:

3 liters  water

1 large onion

1 carrot

1 leek

2 smoked sausages

1600 gram brown beans

200 gram smoked bacon strips

Half a bunch of fresh celery

1 tablespoon dried savory

Preparation:

Step 1:

Peel and cut the onion into rings. Clean the carrot and cut it into half slices. Clean the leek and cut it into rings. Cut the smoked sausage into slices. Remove the leaves from the celery. Drain the brown beans in a colander.

Step 2:

Heat a little oil in a large soup pan over medium heat and fry the bacon cubes until crispy. Remove them from the pan and let them drain on kitchen paper.

Step 3:

Put the water in a soup pan and bring to the boil. Add 800 gram brown beans and the dried savory and let them cook for a few minutes until they are done. Puree the soup with a hand blender until smooth, the soup should still have some texture and therefore not be completely smooth.

Step 4:

Add the rest of the brown beans, the slices of smoked sausage, bacon strips, carrot, leek, onion and celery and let the soup simmer gently for another 10 minutes. stir well occasionally.

NOTE:

Also me: Why the hell am i palpitating?

Tropical sun brown beans are very rich in protein and its a healthy substitute to meat and fish. They are rich in Protein and fibre . Brown beans is frequently cooked as a mixture as in beans and plantain, beans and yam, beans and rice and can also be served with any soup/sauce of your choice.