Mixed Bean Soup

bigbadbrenda's Note:

I found this recipe while looking for something I could use beans. Serve with a loaf of warm crusty bread.

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 garlic clove , crushed
• 1 onion , finely chopped
• 1 celery , sliced finely
• 1 carrot , diced finely
• 1 leek , sliced finely
• 14 ounces canned chopped tomatoes
• 14 ounces canned red kidney beans , drained and rinsed
• 14 ounces black-eyed peas , drained and rinsed
• 2 ½ cups vegetable stock
• 1 pinch dried herbs
• salt and pepper

Directions:

1. Place all ingredients except the beans into a large pot.
2. Bring to boil and the simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally until the vegetables are tender.
3. Add the beans and simmer for 5 minutes or until hot.
4. Serve with warm bread.
5. I have used fresh tomatoes as well when I had a lot of tomatoes from the garden that were ripe.

Reviews

[Sarah_Jayne]

An easy, tasty and healthy soup. You can't get much better than that. I sliced rather than diced because my hubby likes chunky soups. Other than that, I kept to the recipe and use oregano and basil as my herbs. That ended up making it a bit like a minestrone without the pasta. Made for the Zingo porition of ZWT5 for the Chow Hounds.

[Mama_Jennie]

This is a light, warming soup recipe. It would be excellent as either a light dinner or a starter soup as well. We felt like it was lacking something and wasn't as filling as a dinner soup should be. I think diced ham or bacon would really send this over the top! It's a great base to start with and the possibilites are endless. Thanks for a good soup recipe to fight off the cold Vermont winters! Made for ZWT5. :D

[Furyhecla]

I used basil, oregano, thyme as herbs. I also cut up half a hot red chili, as I always like to add spice. I used a bag of dried mixed beans from a bulk bin. The mix mainly included fast cooking beans such as red lentils, split peas, small black and white beans, and also barley. I added a lot more stock then specified in the recipe. I had some ham thawing to add, but by the time it thawed the soup was already done and delicious, and I thought no reason to add meat!