Beet & Apple Soup | Canadian Living

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 4 medium beets , peeled and diced
• 2 McIntosh appIes , peeled, cored and diced
• 5 cups sodium-reduced chicken broth
• 1 bay leaf
• salt and pepper
• 4 slices smoked bacon , cut in thin strips
• 1 McIntosh appIe , cored and diced
• 1/3 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
• 2 tablespoons maple syrup
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• fresh thyme leaves , chopped (optional)
• Iron 1.3 mg
• Fibre 4 g
• Sodium 500 mg
• Sugars 19 g
• Protein 10 g
• Calories 290
• Total fat 15 g
• Cholesterol 25 mg
• Saturated fat 6 g
• Total carbohydrate 30 g