Great Northern Bean & Olive Soup

Submitted by TGM1613

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 17
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 onion, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 carrot, chopped
• 4 cups vegetable stock
• 1 zucchini, chopped
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped and seeded
• 2 cans great northern beans
• 1⁄2 cup kalamata olive, sliced
• 1 teaspoon dried celery flakes
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons dried basil
• 1⁄8 teaspoon black pepper
• 3 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1⁄4 cup white wine
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

directions

1. Saute the onions and garlic in olive oil over medium heat until onions are translucent.
2. Add carrot to mixture and simmer for 4 minutes.
3. Add the remaining ingredients.
4. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes until vegetables are cooked.
5. Serve with italian or sourdough bread slices.

Reviews

[Scrivener1]

I absolutely love this soup! The only change I made was to substitute one stalk of celery for the celery flakes. I also used homemade vegetable stock. This one is a keeper.

 

[Sarah Chana]

I don't know if I can rate this soup since I made lots of changes, but it was really very delicious. Instead of celery flakes, I tossed in a minced stalk of fresh celery. Very nice. I didn't have kalamata olives and just used the boring black olives, and I think the kalamatas would have been better. I also used a fresh tomato, peeled and chopped, instead of tomato paste. I also only had red wine, and not white, which was okay. Even with all the changes it was quite yummy. Many thanks.

 

[ffred]

Very good soup. Hearty. We put the olives on the side and added them at the table- to give the kids an option.

 

[Prairie Chef]

Easy, quick, inexpensive, high energy soup! I loved it. Made it for my work at an inner-city drop in and the folks loved it. On one occassion I used red instead of green peppers, apple juice instead of wine, and nixed the olives and it still tasted great. Oh! Rinse the beans to put a damper on the post-diner music!