Tuscan White Bean and Garlic Soup

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it was easy and fast to whip up. Taste amazing light for summer dinner.

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This is my favorite soup recipe right now. I LOVE it. I can't believe there's no added salt. Of course, I didn't have low-sodium chicken broth, so I used regular. (I use GFS chicken base for all my chicken broth: I just make exactly how much I need at a time. More modifications: I didn't puree all the beans. I left some un-pureed: I like the texture better that way. I also used just a little splash of half and half instead of heavy cream. I thought it needed a little something else, e.g. some greens. I add baby spinach at the end, stems removed. I put the spin. in at the end, keep the heat on REALLY low, and while I'm grilling the ciabatta bread, the spinach cooks just enough from the heat of the soup. As good as you'd get in any restaurant, if not better.

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This was an amazing dish, and hard to believe there is no meat. It is rich and satisfying. I also increased the beans to 3 cans and reduced the stock to 3 cups. I didn't have fresh sage, so I subbed fresh rosemary. Also subbed onion for shallot and added celery and a handful of sundried tomatoes that my sister brought me from Italy. It gave the soup pretty little red specks that look like bacon. Love love this recipe. I will make it again and again, Next time with my beans from scratch. Thanks Giada!

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I was in the mood for a white bean soup, and I typically love Giada's recipes so I gave this one a go. After reading the reviews, I made a few minor changes to the recipe and the whole family thought it was delicious! I cooked off some pancetta first and then added less butter and oil before sauteing the shallots. I also used less chicken stock based on comments about the soup being too thin. Since I doubled the recipe, I only used 6 cups of stock (instead of 8. I also threw in an extra sage leaf for good measure. : The recipe only calls for pepper, but after tasting I thought it still needed some salt. We garnished with the pancetta and fresh Parmesan cheese. I think next time I will save off some beans to hand mash instead of blending them all to give it a little chunkiness, but overall this recipe is definitely a keeper! I love that it's a relatively quick recipe and easy to throw together.

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I followed the recipe with the exception of reducing the broth to 2 1/2 C and using 1/2 yellow onion instead of shallots. It was still too thin for me. Afterwards, I added some leftover mashed potatoes to the remaining soup and that boosted the flavor. I think it was the flavor of the potato, but also the salt that was in it. I also blended in a couple pieces of cooked bacon. Looking forward to the now tasty soup. Will use the base for other variations in the future.

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This was fantastic! I served with toasted buttered croutons that I made since I didn't have the bread. Also I added about 3T. cornstarch to my cream to help thicken it, if you like a very thin soup, don't do that! I also changed the sage to 3 sprigs of fresh thyme, then decided to throw in some bacon bits for another flavor.

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I tend to LOVE Giada's recipes, this one is no different!!! Being the type of cook who likes to experiment a little, I made a couple alterations, simply added a nice big squeeze of lemon, and about a half a cup of Parmesan! DELICIOUS! This soup is fantastic and oh so easy! I ready through pages and pages of reviews on this one, and can only imagine that anyone who found it bland or tasteless, or even thin for that matter maybe did something wrong! Mine is a great consistency, I cooked everything on the stove top, aside from about 1/3 of the beans, pureed it all in my food processor to liquid, then separately LIGHTLY pureed the remaining beans until they were a little chunkier than a chunky re-fried bean texture! Perfect combo! Highly recommend trying this easy soup, and adjust to your liking!

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My boyfriend was craving beans and rice, but I don't like beans much. I made this and he loved it! I thought it was also very delicious, and most of all it satisfied his bean craving! : Thank you so much for the wonderful tasty recipe that saved me from making beans and rice ; haha.

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The combination of the beans and garlic was excellent. I too, added a bit more garlic to kick it up a notch. Super creamy. I could taste the bean and the garlic in each spoonful - the extra cloves of the garlic did not take away from the taste of the beans. Rinsing the beans really well is key to bring out the very best in the cannellini's. Very simple to make and very easy to devour - excellent soup!

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This was so good! And served with ciabatta bread was perfect! Next time, I will add another can of beans though for more thickness and 1 more clove of garlic. Delicious!