Vegetable Bean Soup
Recipe: #5458
May 17, 2012
Categories: Beans, Mediterranean Sunday Dinner, No Eggs, Vegetarian, White Beans, more
"As long as the air conditioner is on we enjoy this soup even in the summer using the vegetables that are grown in my garden, if you wanting a vegan option use 4 cups vegetable broth"
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (268.3 g)
- Calories 131
- Total Fat - 4.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 0.7 g
- Cholesterol - 16.5 mg
- Sodium - 493.9 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 6.9 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.6 g
- Sugars - 3.5 g
- Protein - 15.4 g
- Calcium - 30.5 mg
- Iron - 0.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 11 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Heat the oil in a largesaucepan over medium heat. Add the onion, carrot and celery, and sauté until tender, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic; saute 1 minute. broth, water, tomatoes, Italian seasoning and beans.
Step 2
Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 35-40 minutes, adding in the escarole and uncooked pasta 15 minutes before soup is done; simmer until the pasta is cooked, or if you prefer you can add in cooked pasta at the end of cooking. Season with salt and ground pepper.
Step 3
Serve in bowls topped with Parmesan or Roman cheese.
Tips
No special items needed.