Green Tea Lettuce Soup

Ingredients:

• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

• 2 medium heads lettuce (about 3/4 pound total)

• 3 cups chicken broth

• 1 cup green tea

• 2 tablespoons low-fat margerine

• freshly grated dry green tea loose leaves

Prep Time: 10 min

Cooking Time: 50 min

Instructions:
1. Stack lettuce leaves and cut into thin shreds.

2. In a 3-quart saucepan gently simmer lettuce, broth, and green tea, covered, 40 minutes.

3. In a blender purée soup in 2 batches with margerine, green tea leaves, and sea salt and black pepper to taste until smooth. transferring as blended to another saucepan.

4. Heat soup over moderately high heat until hot.