Creamy Spinach White Bean Soup Recipe (6 Ingredients, 15 Minutes) Soups Vegetarian Vegan Lunch Dinner Budget Recipes Gluten-free Low Sugar Recipes

This year my family had a soup-er Christmas Eve. We all made pots of homemade soup and enjoyed soup flights along with cornbread. I made creamy taco soup and my favorite creamy Italian Parmesan sausage soup. But, having a vegetarian daughter and a vegan son, I needed one more soup that both of them could eat. Enter this simple six-ingredient creamy spinach and white bean soup recipe that is vegan, vegetarian, quick, easy and so tasty. Not to mention that it's healthy because of the health benefits of spinach and the health benefits of white beans!

To make this vegan soup recipe you will need just six simple ingredients. Here is your shopping list: olive oil, garlic, canned white beans, vegetable broth, fresh spinach and lemons for juicing. The soup cooks up in less than 10 minutes on the stovetop.

Serve this non-dairy, gluten-free creamy white bean soup for lunch or dinner with your favorite side dishes. Add a salad and cornbread or a loaf of Italian or French bread for a complete, healthy meal everyone will enjoy.

Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 6

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 5 cloves garlic, minced, grated or pressed
• 45 ounces (3 cans) white beans, drained and rinsed (see Recipe Notes)
• 2 cups (1 can) vegetable broth
• 5 ounces (1 bag) baby spinach
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Recipe Notes

• For some heat, add crushed red pepper flakes or ground cayenne.

• I used cannellini beans, but you could also use great northern beans or navy beans.

• I like to put my canned beans into a mesh strainer and then rinse. But you could pour them into a colander and rinse.

• If you don't have an immersion blender, puree half the soup in a regular blender. Be careful when putting hot liquids into the blender!

• If you don't care if this soup is vegan, you could use chicken broth.

• You could use kale or your favorite greens instead of spinach.

• Store the soup in an airtight container in the fridge. Reheat over low in a saucepot on the stove or in the microwave.

Here's how to make it: 

1. Heat the olive oil in a dutch oven or soup pot. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds.
2. Add the beans. Season with black pepper and salt, to taste. Cook, stirring, about 1 minute.
3. Add the vegetable broth and bring to a simmer.
4. Add the spinach and cook, stirring, until wilted.
5. Remove half of the soup from the pot.
6. Use an immersion blender to blend the soup in the pot.
7. Put the reserved half of the soup back into the pot.
8. Add the lemon juice.
9. Taste and add more salt, black pepper or lemon juice, if needed. Serve hot.

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