My husband has been asking me to make more vegetarian meals, so in an effort to do that, I have been making this delicious White Bean Soup every now and then. It goes together quickly, doesn’t heat up the kitchen in our warm September weather, and is positively packed with delicious flavor.
The main ingredients are canned canellini (or small white) beans, a poblano pepper, onion, broth, garlic, and seasonings. Instead of me going through all the ingredients, I will link to the recipe, which is by Love and Lemons. The soup is finished with a squeeze of lime juice, which gives it a bright tangy taste. Oh, and don’t worry about the poblano pepper. They are the mildest most lovely peppers you can find. They are not hot at all, but have a delightful sweet pepper flavor. If you can’t find poblanos, use whatever peppers you like.
Some other early fall meals I have made lately are Clam Chowder, which is always a big hit with both my husband and my son. I make the white version with potato, not the tomatoey one. This is a great basic recipe for it. The last time I made it, I forgot the bacon, and there was major complaining. There is also a lovely pasta dish that consists pretty much only of cherry tomatoes and basil, which we love. We call it Burst Cherry Tomato Pasta. There are a million recipes for it, but this one from Epicurious is a good one.
This time of year is tricky for coming up with seasonally appropriate dishes. It is still pretty warm here, so we aren’t in full beef-stew-in-the-crockpot hearty meals. That being said, we still crave dishes that aren’t totally based on salad! What recipes do you like to make in the early fall?
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Looks good! Thanks for the recipes!
Your white bean soup looks yummy! We’re cooling off enough to start eating warmer dinners. I fixed chili a couple of weeks ago. And, just yesterday I bought ingredients for ham & bean soup to fix this weekend.
I swear every time I talk to my son Ahren, he tells me he is making chili for dinner! It is clearly his favorite go-to dinner.
I make an Italian soup with cannellini beans. It’s my favorite right now. pretty quick and easy. next time you shop, buy Bush’s brand of cannellini beans. you won’t BELIEVE how much better they taste than the generic Safeway brand.
it didn’t cool off last night. we ran the air until midnight. we never do that. It’s muggy today. ugh. I’m giving River a bath today and then sewing.
Hope it’s cooler for you so you can sew.
It is actually not too bad here today. Overcast and a lot cooler than yesterday. I’ve been working like a whirling dervish, changing out my closet from summer to fall. I love clearing things out and making things all organized. I hope to get up to the sewing room this afternoon. I am behind on the Cali & Co blocks. I have two to make to catch up.
Watched Pat Sloan this morning and saw the shout out to Sister’s Choice Quilts. Pretty cool!! I am a long time follower although I don’t comment often. Glad you were able to migrate your blog. I love it.
Thank you for the recipes. Besides quilting, I love cooking so this is a great help. Getting to the last of the garden tomatoes so I will try the pasta.
I enjoy your posts. It is a nice consistency of simple friendly news of things I enjoy and a friendly presence in my quiet life.
Thank you so much for your kind words Lisa. That means a lot to me to hear that you enjoy my blog.
Alas, the past couple of years our garden tomatoes haven’t done so well. My husband and I have admitted that we may be better off enjoying the tomatoes from local farmers instead!
I do not have a recipe to share, but I do like to start using butternut squash this time of the year and besides soup it can be used with pasta and one recipe I experimented with was with garbanzo beans and some fresh tomatoes.
I have not bought any Tilda but have admired it. Even JoAnn Fabrics had started to carry some, but I don’t think they ever had it on sale. That Christmas bundle is very cute.
We have white chicken chili which is very similar to yours. Hubby likes the chicken in it. We’ve been eating way less red meat but that means more chicken and turkey and that’s fine. I would enjoy more vegetarian meals but we like different veggies so it’s a bit harder to achieve.
That’s ok Sue! Two comments in one is just fine!
We love chicken chili too. In fact, I need to make it again soon, as it is a perfect fall dish.
Oops! Tilda is today’s topic!! I was behind on my blog reading! 🙂
Thanks for the recipe links – YUM!!
These ‘ber’ months and winter are when we miss beef the most. Sigh. May all of the Lone Star ticks be eradicated!
Hugs!
This soup sounds wonderful! I will be making it. Thanks!
Do try it! It is very easy to put together and we love it along with slices of crusty sourdough bread.
Looks delicious but still too hot for me to drink soup 🤣 will keep it in mind when the weather chills.
You haven’t posted in a long time and I’m wondering if you and your husband are okay. Are you?
Hi Nancy, you are so sweet to ask after us. We are great.
I wonder if there is an issue with your subscription to blog notifications? I have been posting just about four times a week for the past few months. I do have a new website: sisterschoicequilts.blog