Ingredients:

• 1 pound sweet potato, diced

• 1 cup yellow onions, chopped

• 1 cup celery, chopped

• 1 can garbanzo beans, 15 ounces

• 2 tablespoon olive oil

• 2 tablespoon garlic, chopped

• 1 teaspoon sage, ground

• 1 teaspoon thyme, ground

• 5 ½ cups chicken broth,

• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice (~ ½ lime)

  Variations:

Vegan: replace chicken broth with vegetable broth

Instructions:

1. Peel and dice the sweet potato

2. Sauté sweet, onion and celery with 1 tablespoon olive oil and 1 tablespoon garlic in a pan for 5 minutes

3. Add 1/3 cup chicken broth and simmer for 15 minutes or until sweet potato becomes soft

4. Add garbanzo beans to the pan and sauté with additional 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 tablespoon garlic, 1 teaspoon sage, 1 teaspoon thyme, and salt

5. Add 1/3 cup chicken broth and continue to sauté the sweet potato and garbanzo beans mixture

6. Add 1/3 cup additional chicken broth and simmer until everything becomes soft

7. Place the sweet potato mixture into a blender. Divide into batches if needed

8. Add 4 ½ cups of broth and the lime juice into the blender

9. Blend until smooth consistency