Kidney Bean Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 slices bacon
bacon drippings
1 clove garlic
1 large onion
2 (27 oz.) cans kidney beans
salt (if desired)
1 (8 oz.) can tomato sauce

Preparation

Cook bacon until crisp and crumble.
Reserve 2 tablespoons bacon drippings.
In a 2-quart casserole dish, put bacon drippings, diced onion and crushed garlic.
Cook in a microwave oven, covered, for about 3 minutes.
Add 1/2 cup water and rest of ingredients, including liquid from beans.
Mix until well blended.
Cook, covered, for 10 to 12 minutes.
Place 1/2 soup in a blender for 10 seconds and return to casserole dish.
Repeat with other half of soup.
If soup is too thick, add water to make it the desired consistency.
Cook for another 3 minutes in microwave.
Just before serving, stir in reserved bacon.