White Bean and Leafy Greens Soup

This is the start of a SimplyCooking® feature on Simple Spring Soups.  This White Bean and Leafy Greens Soup was inspired by one I tasted on a blistering hot summer day at the Everyday People Cafe.  On that steamy high summer night, soup was a surprising but most pleasing start to the meal and I realized well-made simple soups have a place in every season.  This prompted a pursuit of creating simpler scratch soup recipes; ones that can realistically be made with just basic ingredients from the SimplyCooking® Pantry and, in a matter of minutes, even be the whole meal.   Here the broth is delicately seasoned then added is few finely chopped vegetables, white beans and a smattering of greens -White Bean and Leafy Greens Soup.

 "Soup is good food" as goes the old advertising slogan.

white bean and leafy greens soup

2 or 3 carrots, peeled and finely chopped

2 or 3 stalks celery, finely chopped

1/4 cup finely chopped onion

2 Tbsp. butter

1/2 tsp. Italian seasoning

Freshly ground black pepper

2 cups vegetable broth

1 15 oz. tetra pack white beans, drained and rinsed

Some fresh spinach

In a deep saucepan sauté carrots, celery and onion in butter, 5 - 8 minutes, until soft.  Add the Italian seasoning and a few grinds of pepper.  Stir and cook 1 minute.  Add the vegetable broth and beans.  Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes.   Add spinach and allow it to wilt slightly.  Serve.