Soup with beans and greens 

The chard and bean soup is an easy and quick first course to prepare. One of the very greedy comfort food that are perfect both cold and hot. Let's see together the ingredients and steps to prepare this delicious recipe. The beans and vegetable soup is an easy, healthy and genuine recipe, very satiating and low in fat.

Delicious this bean soup with the addition of vegetables, a rich and nutritious dish, very protein, light and healthy. The recipe for bean soup is perfect if you are looking for a first course without pasta, a dish of tasty vegetables. Obviously this is a typical winter dish but no one forbids us to prepare it all year round.

It represents a perfect single dish to be enjoyed especially when it is very cold outside and you need an invigorating and very hot food! The beans and vegetable soup, rich in minerals and vitamins, is a real panacea that at least once or twice a week should be proposed on the table! And then it is very easy to prepare, it cooks practically by itself, just enough time to prepare some greens. If prepared in abundance, it keeps well in the refrigerator for two-three days. Let's see the recipe right away.

INGREDIENTS dose for 4 people

1 kg of Swiss Chard

300 g of beans already cooked

1 onion

Extra virgin olive oil to taste

Salt to taste

2 glasses of water

Preparation

To prepare this recipe you start cleaning the chard and after washing them well blanch in a pot full of water for a few minutes. They will have to be cooked, but also crispy. Once this is done, drain and set aside. At this point chop the onion and brown it in a pan with a little extra virgin olive oil until it has become transparent. Afterwards, the chard and drained beans of their preservation liquid are also added. If you want to use dry beans, you must first soak them and then cook them for at least 2 hours. Once the vegetables and legumes are added, add the two glasses of water and cook for 30-40 minutes. Instead of water you can also use a vegetable broth. Add salt and if you want to add a sprinkling of grated cheese and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil raw. Serve nice and hot even with croutons.