White bean soup with sage

[stgulik]

This soup was featured on my HMO's nutrition blog. It's super fast and easy. We tried it last week and gave it two thumbs up.

Normally, I equate bean soup with penetence food; something you eat to try to make up for a long recreational calorie binge. Now I wonder if my problem was that I just don't spice the soups enough to make them tasty.

I've never used so much fresh sage in one dish before. It gave the soup a green-peppery taste. In fact, I skipped adding any more pepper.

My "one large onion" yielded probably one cup's worth, chopped. Next time I'll reduce the recipe to1/2 c-3/4 c and see if I like the blend better.

EASY WHITE BEAN SOUP WITH SAGE

Ingredients
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
5 cloves garlic, minced
2 15-oz cans great northern white beans
2 cups water
1 vegetarian bouillon cube*
3 tablespoons fresh sage leaves, chopped
Pepper, to taste

Directions:

1. Heat the oil and add onion and garlic. Cook until tender.
2. Stir in water and cans of beans in their own liquid.
3. Stir in sage and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.
4. Lower heat and simmer for 20 minutes or until beans are soft.
5. Add pepper to taste.

* This vegetable bouillon is so freakin' delicious. It will change your life. I recommend it.

Comments

[tamlane.livejournal.com]

OOOH. This is timely because our sage bush (and it really has become a bush) has just recently sprung back to life in a big way. Thanks!

[mimimanderly.livejournal.com]

Copied and saved into my online recipe file! I, too, have lots of sage, and some good home-made vegetable stock base in my freezer.

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

Mmm, that sounds like an awesome recipe - it's definitely going on my to-do list! Thank you for sharing, babe.

And a big thumbs up for recommending the Better than Buillion. At our local 'beat up' grocery store, they recently had a case of six for $1. Yes, that is not a typo. I bought two cases and gave them to all my friends.

Ooh! I still need to post those Quorn coupons!

[helenarickman.livejournal.com]

Sounds delicious - thanks for sharing!

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[kittylefish.livejournal.com]

i love bean soup.* i shall have to try this.

*i never thought much about this until i moved back to san diego after living on the east coast for a couple of decades. i had dinner with my sisters and mother, and whenever the soup was something like navy bean or split pea, we all went for it, lol. that's when i realized it's a family thing, lol.

[bonsaibetz.livejournal.com]

Oh, that does look super easy. I should mix that with some black beans too, since I have a few cans of those at home as well. Thanks for the recipe, and I'll have to look for that vegetable bullion brand.