Beans and Peanuts Soup

Description
Always check the ingredients to make sure the product is vegan.

Ingredients

 * 3 tablespoons margarine
 * 2 cups thinly sliced carrot
 * 12 cups boiling water
 * 1 cup black-eyed peas, dry
 * 1 cup dry navy beans
 * ⅛ cups diced green bell pepper
 * 3½ teaspoons salt
 * 1 cup salted, peanuts
 * ⅛ teaspoon crushed red pepper
 * 2 tablespoons onion powder
 * 1 tablespoon crushed basil leaves
 * 1½ teaspoons ground coriander

Directions

 * 1) Melt margarine in large stock pot.
 * 2) Add carrots.
 * 3) Cook for 5 minutes.
 * 4) Add water, black-eyed peas, navy beans, green pepper, salt, and crushed red pepper (add more water, if necessary, to cover).
 * 5) Cook, covered, until ingredients are tender, 1.5 to 2 hours.
 * 6) Add peanuts, onion powder, basil, and coriander during last 10 – 15 minutes of cooking.
 * 7) Taste to correct seasonings.
 * 8) Soup should be thick.