Need help doctoring bean soup

I'd add vegetables and herbs. You can probably do a quick saute on onions, carrots and celery until they're slightly soft; then add them to the mixture you already have with some herbs like thyme or a bit of rosemary to let them finish cooking. Other good add ins might be kale, tomatoes, and onions. When you're done, you can top your bowl off with a drizzle of good olive oil and or some large homemade croutons (chunks of bread, drizzle of oil, baked until dried out on edges). Make sure everything is salted well!

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Saute bacon, garlic, onions, perhaps diced carrots and celery in olive oil and add to the soup. Add some herbs, too. Perhaps rosemary and sage or basil and marjoram.

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added 4 months ago

Herbs. Chopped fresh rosemary and/or thyme. These are good "bean" herbs. Plus a drizzle of GOOD extra virgin oil----not the Trader Joe's/Costco garbage. Keep it simple. You want the beans to be the star.

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Daria Faulkner added 4 months ago

I would add some diced cooked bacon and onion and serve with parmegiano and herbed croutons.

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In addition to the above mentioned suggestions, you can simmer it with a little Parmesan rind for added depth (and take it out before you eat it).

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