Italian Two Bean Soup

Two Bean Soup, a delicious combination of beans, swiss chard and veggies. Perfect comfort food.

📝 Ingredients

• 1/2 cup borlotti beans (dried)*
• 1/2 cup cannellini beans (dried)*
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 small onion chopped
• 1 large carrot chopped
• 1 medium/large celery stalk chopped
• 1-2 cloves garlic diced
• 1 sprig rosemary
• 3/4 teaspoon oregano
• 3/4 teaspoon basil
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1-2 dashes hot pepper flakes to taste
• 4-5 cups vegetable or beef broth (homemade or store bought)
• 1 can diced tomatoes nothing added(1 1/4 cups)
• 2 cups Swiss chard chopped

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1In a large pot add olive oil, chopped onion and garlic cook on medium / low heat for 2 minutes or until onion is transparent, then add the chopped carrots, celery, drained and rinsed soaked beans, can of tomatoes, broth, oregano, basil, bay leaf, salt, hot pepper flakes and rosemary, stir to combine.
2. 2Bring to a boil then lower and simmer for approximately 1 hour or until the beans are tender, in the last 5 minutes (beans should be tender) add the chopped swiss chard*, stir to combine, (at this point taste for salt you might need to add some extra) cook for the remaining 5 minutes, then serve immediately. Enjoy!