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White Bean Soup Recipe
Some of the Ingredients for White Bean Soup
Bean Soup
Soup is a staple item at our house and most of the soups I create are made with different beans. There is almost always soup in the fridge and soup in the freezer every season of the year. Making soup is not only very economical, delicious but generally offers many healthy benefits. When I am at the store I always stock up on different beans and lentils to have on hand when the soup attack hits. While I am making bean soups I cook up extra beans and freeze them for dips and salads at a later date. This saves time and money to do this.
Lunch around here means soup. If I am out and my husband is home there is always lunch ready in minutes. I try to add different veggies and seasonings each time I create a new soup, though we do have our favorites. I have just discovered baby kale and I cannot resist putting it in most of the soups I cook. Unlike older kale. It cooks fast and is tender and sweet. Beans do take a few hours to cook so that is my inspiration for making a lot at a time.
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Ingredients for Bean Soup
- 12 cups White Northern Beans
- 1.5 Gallons Water
- 1 can 14-16 oz Tomato sauce
- 2 large Onions
- 2 Cups Celery, Chopped
- 2 Cups Carrots, Chopped or whole small ones
- 3 Cups Baby Kale
- Asparagus, Cut in small pieces
- 3 Tablespoons Turmeric
- 4 Tablespoons Dry Oregano
- 4 Tablespoons Tarragon
- 1 Tablespoon Cayenne pepper
- 1/4 Cup Sesame Oil
- 2 Lemons
Instructions for white Bean Soup
- Rinse the beans and strain through a colander. Look for any unwanted stones or other items.
- Add the beans to the water with a tablespoon of salt.
- Let the beans reach boiling point and turn down to medium.
- Check the beans occasionally for doneness.
- When the beans are starting to get tender you can add the veggies.
- Add the onions and garlic to the soup mixture and cook for 15 minutes.
- Add carrots, celery and kale to the soup.
- Add all the seasonings and spices. Taste often to see if you want to add more of a particular seasoning.
- Add the sesame oil and lemon juice and cook for about 30 minutes.
- Serve the soup with sourdough bread or whole grain crackers.
- Allow the bean soup to cool before putting it in containers for the fridge and freezer.
White Bean Soup
Other Suggestions for the Bean Soup
- Try different spices such as basil, thyme, cumin, ginger and even a little cinnamon.
- Add left over chicken, beef or pork to the soup.
- Try other vegetables such as zucchini, chayote, yellowneck squash, green onions, cabbage, spinach, greenbeans
- Try adding some brown rice to the soup.
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Nothing better than a bowl of onion soup in hot or cold weather. The soup is easy to make and keeps for at least three days in the fridge. You will love this recipe for French onion soup.
Comments
I love white beans, and this is the first recipe I have ever seen for white bean soup. Yum! I gotta try it Thanks!
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Amberld: Thanks for dropping by and I hope you will enjoy the soup.
This looks delicious, Carol! When our CSA starts up again this year, I will try it with the veggies you have added!
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Thanks for dropping in and comments... Hope you enjoy it.
I love white beans and kale together in soup, but I really like your seasonings. Will have to give them a try.
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Am I invited? Sounds like you are going to make some soup. Hope you enjoy it. You can get creative and try other veggies and spcies. thanks for stopping in.
Now I have to thank you for that - I was wondering what to make and this will be perfect with the frost and snow still outside.
I've got beans and pretty much all the other ingredients so I can't wait to have this with some crusty, fresh-baked bread - yummy! :)
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Any greens will do. I was so happy to find baby kale as the original is tough and bitter. Thank you for votes and share.
This soup sounds wonderful! I like the seasonings you add and look forward to trying this combination myself. I've never heard of baby kale, but I'm sure we don't have it here. I will substitute spinach or chard, whichever I can find when I shop. Thanks! Voted up, up and shared.
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Thank you GLimmer twin fan: I always appreciate your support and pin.
Another yummy soup recipe here Carol. I love the added asparagus. Great addition to anything in my opinion. Pinned!
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Thank you Grandmapearl: I appreciate comments, visit and votes.!!!!
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Thank you Om: I appreciate your visit and your vote!
Sounds very delicious. I like the combination of carrots, celery and kale. Voted up! :)
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Thank you eddy..Always love seeing you here my friend.
Mmm a new one for me so a great addition to my recipe book.
Thanks for sharing carol and enjoy your day.
Eddy.
Hi Carol, I am so glad to have this recipe. I first tasted white bean soup at a quilt shop, believe it or not! They were having a special event, and the soup was available for lunch at the attached ice cream shop. Now that's my kind of quilt shop! Anyway, I've always wanted to try it, especially with chicken. I am bookmarking and sharing this one as well as a Vote Up and Useful. Thanks,
Pearl
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Thank you Nell Rose for visiting and votes. Hope you like this soup...
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Thank you Faith Reaper..For your visit and kind words. Also votes and share...
I will have to try this, I am a soup fanatic! lol! looks so tasty, if its not soup with me then its stew, so this is definitely on my list, voted up!
I've always loved bean soup, especially white bean soup. Thanks for the great recipe here. Wonderful hub and great photos!
Voted up +++ and sharing
Blessings, Faith Reaper
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Old Roses Sorry about that...14 t0 16 ounce can will work fine. I will change this ..Thanks so much
Love the seasonings! I'll have to try this one. Can you be more specific about the tomato sauce - how many ounces is medium?
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Angels are always welcome in my house. Thanks for dropping in and checking out the beansoup.
Thanks for sharing this, Carol This has always been a favorite soup of mine but I have not made it using these same ingredients. So, I will be trying this out and adding to my recipe files.
Sending you Angels today :) ps
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Gail Meyers: thanks for dropping by with such lovely compliments. I have a soup in the freezer and fridge most of the time like I mentioned. I always know it is healthful and good. Thanks for votes, shares and bookmark.
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torrilynn: Wow what love compliments and I guess you made my day. How kind of you. Thanks for votes and sharing but mostly being a support here on Hub.
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bravewarrior: Kids have their dislikes and sometimes for no reason..but fortunately they do change. Thanks for dropping in and commenting.
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Tebo: I vary the beans all the time and they all work well. Thank you for stopping by. with nice comments.
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Thank you aviannovice...for dropping in and being a supportive friend.
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rajan jolly...Hope you put in your arsenal of healthy recipes.. You have so many healthful ideas. I was inspired by your asparagus hub to try this vegetable in the soup and it was good. Thanks for votes and share.
Wow! This look delicious! I also love soup and make it year round. I love trying new recipes and this looks like a good one. Thanks! Voted up, shared and bookmarked.
hi carol,
i dont think i've ever had bean soup before but i think i will try after reading your article that you have written here. i like the picture that you have included and how informational your hub is. your a brilliant writer, who never fails to amaze me. keep up the amazing work. voted up and sharing.
This recipe sounds very nice and I eat lots of beans. I have not come across white northern beans but I assume the can be replaced with other varieties of white beans. Soup is a lovely way to pack lots of nutrition in to a meal.
Soup is great any time of year, and this one sounds superb!
This soup looks very tempting, Carol as well as nutritious with all those additions. Certainly want to try this out.
Voted up, interesting and sharing.
Carol, I love bean soup. The recipe I use is my grandmother's and calls for a ham bone to make the broth. Unfortunately, my son refuses to eat soup. With it only being the two of us, I miss out. I also make a mean pot of Chicken n Dumplings. He just doesn't know what he's missing!
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Thank you for the link----every soup is different even with similar ingredients. I particularly like the baby kale.
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Handicapped Chef...Thank you for kind words espc from a super chef.
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Another Carol she cannot be all bad. Thank you for coming by and lovely comments.
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Dirt farmer: It is a lot of soup..but why not do big when doing..Then there is lots of left overs..Thanks for votes and pins.
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Kidscraft: This is an easy soup except for long cooking beans. Guess you could slow cook it ..Thanks for dropping in for more soup.
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DDE: It is very nutritious and I like that ...Thanks for coming by.
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Thank you Bill..chicken escarole..Gotta try that. Sounds delish. Thanks for shares and your constant support.
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Now Bill you have to eat your vegetables..You know that. Thanks as always for dropping in ..the soup is very good I promise.
Carol: I also recently discovered the goodness of kale. I love it in soups! This recipe is similar (but different) to one I wrote for a carrot white bean soup. I am going to add a link to your recipe on my hub. Great recipe!
Carol this soup look really good I make soup all year around for my family this is one I will try and adding the vegetables was great it makes it more hearty I'm tasting now before it's made .....great work nice hub.
I'm forwarding your delicious-looking recipe to my neighbor, Carol, since she seems to have a predilection for soups created from beans. Thank you.
That's one big pot of soup, Carol! Nicely done. Pinned & voted up.
This soup looks just delicious Carol! I will have to try it like I did your butternut squash and kale soup this week! I could live just on soup... and chocolate :-)
Today is such a soup day! Perfect timing for me.
Sounds great Carol. I just had some of my wife's chicken escarole soup for lunch. This white bean soup sounds great, maybe next weekend. Will share this around for everyone to try.
I ate a lot of bean soup when I was a kid. I see you couldn't help yourself and you threw in some vegetables. Sigh! What am I going to do with you? LOL Okay, I'll pass this one to Bev and I'm sure we'll be trying it in the near future.
Wow! Such a lovely idea for the kind of weather we have at the moment, it looks a nutritious meal indeed.
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Thank you hyphen bird. It is easy to make and once you have the beans cooked..I often have days where I cook a huge amount of beans and freeze..and pull out to make a quick soup in about 45 minutes.
This looks delicious Carol. I have been wanting bean soup. I will make this. I love the addition of veggies. Yum
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