Name: Easy Winter Soup with Beans
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 1.5 cups quinoa, cooked (Quinoa expands almost 3 times after cooking (1 cup dry = 3 cups cooked approx.)); 2 Tbsp olive oil; 1 medium onion, chopped; 2 cloves garlic minced; 3 cups fresh spinach, packed; 1-28oz can diced tomatoes; 4 cups low-sodium vegetable broth; 1 Tbsp dried basil; 2 tsp dried oregano; 1-19oz can white kidney beans (cannellini beans) (rinsed and drained); Salt and pepper to taste

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Super Easy Soup Season is upon us! Also known as: cold weather time🥶

And this recipe for Easy Winter Soup with Beans will quickly become one of your family favourites if you too love soups in the wintertime.

A gold spoon in a small white bowl of Easy Winter Soup with Beans on a yellow tea towel

I remember a few years ago I was soooo sick at Christmas. I literally couldn’t even leave my bed Christmas eve and Christmas Day.

Except of course for putting on an excited face when Santa delivered two giant stuffed animals for the kids🦁

Once the kids were busy playing with their new toys in the living room, I was back in bed.

It was brutal.

But we do what we gotta do, right?

Sick or not, this Easy Winter Soup with Beans is one of my favourite soups to make every year.

The recipe is modified from my mom’s friend and it’s suuuuper healthy.

Think protein packed beans and quinoa; iron rich spinach and vitamin C-boosted tomatoes.

Easy Winter Soup with Beans in a white bowl with a gold spoon

Here’s what you’ll need for this Easy Winter Soup with Beans:

Quinoa
Onion
Garlic
Dried basil and oregano
Spinach
Low-sodium vegetable broth
1 can of diced tomatoes
1 can of white beans (cannellini beans)

This soup is pretty forgiving too – if you have extra veggies you want to use up, throw it in!

I’ll add chopped celery, carrots or use cooked rice I have already cooked in the fridge instead of the quinoa if I have it.

This recipe for Easy Winter Soup with Beans will help boost your veggie intake in the most delicious way.

Since it’s so easy to make, it’ll be a no brainer on those cold Sundays ahead.

Plus, this super easy soup is helpful when you feel like you’ve had a day (or, ahem, days) of unhealthy eating from holiday-related indulgences😉

It’s the kind of simple soup that can get you back on the healthy-and-feeling-good bandwagon.

I hope you try this super easy soup and love it like we do 😄

~April

If you like the sound of this, check out these other healthy recipes:

Easy Chicken Soup with Tomatoes and White Beans

Healthy Taco Salad with Ground Beef and Kidney Beans

Easy Spiced Chicken Salad with Brown Rice

Healthy Banana Bread with White Beans

Easy Weeknight Ground Turkey Soup

Easy Winter Soup with Beans

April Saunders

This Easy Winter Soup with Beans is perfect for warming you up on cold nights. Plus, it packs a punch of nutrition with spinach, tomatoes, quinoa and high-protein beans!

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 30 mins

Total Time 40 mins

Course Soup

Cuisine American

Servings 8

Ingredients

1.5 cups quinoa, cooked Quinoa expands almost 3 times after cooking (1 cup dry = 3 cups cooked approx.)
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic minced
3 cups fresh spinach, packed
1-28oz can diced tomatoes
4 cups low-sodium vegetable broth
1 Tbsp dried basil
2 tsp dried oregano
1-19oz can white kidney beans (cannellini beans) rinsed and drained
Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Cook quinoa according to package instructions.
When the quinoa is almost done, heat oil on medium in large pot.
Saute onion and garlic for 1-2 minutes.
Add spinach and cook for another minute, stirring frequently, until spinach is completely wilted.
Add in tomatoes, broth, spices, quinoa, and beans. Add some fresh ground pepper here too. Cover and simmer for about 15 minutes on medium heat.
Taste before serving. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot.

Notes

Makes about 12 cups of soup total.

Sometimes I'll use rice in place of the quinoa if I have leftover rice in the fridge.

If you like a thicker soup, add more quinoa/rice.

You can also add in celery or chopped carrots if you have veggies you want to use up.

This soup is great for leftovers too. If you use rice, I'll have to add a bit more water or broth when I'm re-heating leftovers as the rice will take on some of the water.

Keyword easy soup, soup, winter soup