Great Northern Bean Soup

Description

Great hearty vegetarian or vegan meal.

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 5 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 carrots, chopped
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 4 cups vegetable broth
• 1 large potato, chopped
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 pinch ground thyme
• 2 (15 ounce) cans great Northern beans, rinsed and drained

Instructions

1. Heat olive oil in a stockpot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in hot oil until the onion is tender
2. about 5 minutes.
3. Stir carrots and celery into the onion mixture. Pour vegetable broth into the stockpot; add potato
4. bay leaves
5. basil
6. sea salt
7. pepper
8. and thyme. Bring the mixture to a boil
9. reduce heat to medium-low
10. and cook at a simmer until the vegetables are beginning to soften
11. about 20 minutes.
12. Stir beans into the soup; continue simmering until the beans are hot and tender
13. about 20 minutes more.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 45 mins

Total Time: 1 hr

Servings: 4