Don’t you just love soups that are simple and quick to make? Soups like this White Bean Soup, that are easy to prepare, nutritious and full of flavor, seem too good to be true 
It is always welcome in my home to be prepared when pressed for time. This white bean soup is delicious and comforting. Enjoy!
Ingredients
(4 Servings)
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 garlic clove, minced
1 scallion, chopped
1 small carrot, peeled and chopped
2 cans white beans, drained
5 cups chicken, beef or vegetable stock
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
Salt and pepper
Cooked bacon for garnish
Directions
Heat the oil in a medium pot, add the onions and carrots, cook for 3 minutes, add the garlic and scallions and cook for 1 minute more.
Add the beans, stock, cumin, salt and pepper. Cook for about 30 minutes over medium heat. Add the cilantro and cook for 5 minutes more.
Transfer the soup to a blender and blend until smooth. Return to the pot and bring to a boil. Remove the pot from the heat and serve warm.
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I like this! Especially the ‘easy’ part. I will be trying this soon!
Happy Valentine’s Day to you!
Erica this soup looks so good, can’t wait to try it, I think I’m going to use canary beans to make it! Yum!
Sounds delicious!
Thank you guys!
oh wow great protein packed soup love it happy valentines girlie
This looks beautiful!
Yes, I do love soups that are simple and quick to make, as long as they taste good! I’m making this one tonight! (I’m not kidding) I was wondering what to have for supper without going out to buy anything. This is perfect and I have everything I need, even the bacon! Thanks! I love you pics too!
I want to make this soup this week. I’m assuming the white beans are cannellini? It looks delicious.
Arlene- Yes, they are!
What a great soup! I have a nice jar of white beans I will soak up and cook to make this!
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Oooh, I love that piece of bacon on there!
This bean soup looks so healthy and delicious!
Your soup such a gorgeous color and the bacon garish looks incredible!
Erica, what a gorgeous soup and very simple to prepare too. I love keeping tins of beans in the pantry for things just like this!
Yum… sounds like a delicious soup.
You definitely can’t go wrong with easy to make soups such as you white bean soup… and that bacon, it adds the mmm goodness in a soup all the time!
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Malou
oh I love this recipe!
Thank you all for the comments!
i do indeed love soups that are quick and simple, and even more so if they contain beans! this looks truly scrumptious.
great soup…i am really enjoying your blog…I just started mine, please take a look. I pant to post once a week until I get better at it.
I’m getting ready to make a white bean and garlic soup and was planning on garshing mine with bacon too:D It looks delicious Erica.
Wonderful soup. Simple and Yumm!
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There is something so comforting about a big bowl of white bean soup. I like the sound of your version!
Simply flawless! What an amazing looking and easy sounding soup.
This looks like a great, easy soup and I love white beans! I can’t wait to try the recipe.
Thank you
This is an excellent and easy to prepare soup. Thank you, I’ve made it many times now – my husband loves it!!
Erica, Thank you so much for this recipe.
I made this soup with fresh white frijoles because I had them.
And it was delicious!!!
Maria