Spinach and White Bean Soup
A healthy and hearty, comforting soup – chock full of fresh spinach, white beans and orzo pasta – made in less than 30 min!
It’s been quite warm here in Southern California – so warm that I’m still walking around in my flip flops. And a t-shirt. But that still didn’t stop me from devouring this entire pot of soup.
It’s just such an amazingly cozy soup, loaded with wilted baby spinach, white beans, and my favorite orzo pasta. And to top it off, I threw in some freshly squeezed lemon juice for that refreshing hit of goodness.
Now this is completely meatless but some andouille sausage or even crumbled Italian sausage would go beautifully in this soup. Either way, rain or shine, you’ll want a piping hot bowl of this soup all year long!
Spinach and White Bean Soup
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 onion, diced
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- ½ teaspoon dried basil
- 4 cups vegetable stock
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 cup uncooked orzo pasta
- 2 cups baby spinach
- 1 15-ounce can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add garlic and onion, and cook, stirring frequently, until onions have become translucent, about 2-3 minutes. Stir in thyme and basil until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Whisk in vegetable stock, bay leaves and 1 cup water; bring to a boil. Stir in orzo; reduce heat and simmer until orzo is tender, about 10-12 minutes.
- Stir in spinach and cannellini beans until the spinach has wilted, about 2 minutes. Stir in lemon juice and parsley; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Serve immediately.
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The rain is pouring softly outside today, which means it is absolutely soup weather! This looks amazing, and I love that it’s vegetarian too 🙂
I just made this soup this afternoon and I am on my second bowl! It is delicious ! I will add some crumbled sauage and have more for dinner.
Mmm this veggie soup sounds delightful 😀 The thyme and bay leaves always give dishes such a distinctly awesome flavour 😀 Thanks for the recipe 😀 x
PS so jealous of your good weather! Although it is pretty mild here in Scotland at the moment, it’s not quiiiite flip-flop weather 😛 x
I’m craving a warm and comforting meal, this soup is perfection!
It’s been super warm here too for some reason…in Kansas..which is totally weird as it’s usually FREEZING this time of year. Regardless of the temperature, I could still down a bowl of soup in a heartbeat, and this one looks fantastic!
I make this often during cold weather. Sometime with spinach and sometime with kale. Walmart sells a mayocoba bean (it’s whitish-yellowish) that I like to use but most often cannellini beans. Whatever white bean or greens, it’s always delicious!!!! The only difference in my recipe and this one is the lemon juice. I’m not real fond of using that so usually don’t.
This looks like a hearty soup. I love that it can be ready so quickly.