5 fagioli tuscan bean and soup Recipes

onions or 1 leek, chopped coarsely, garlic, chopped coarsely, celery ribs, chopped coarsely, extra virgin olive oil, tuscan kale or 1/2 lb cabbage or 1/2 lb kale or 1/2 lb swiss chard, shredded, cabbage, shredded, carrots, quartered,cut into 1/2 inch chunks, winter squash, peeled,cut into 1/2 inch chunks, all purpose potato, peeled,cut into 1/2 inch chunks, rosemary, thyme, fresh sage leaves, bay leaf, bean broth or 7 cups water, sea salt, fresh ground pepper, cooked white beans, toasted rustic bread, 1 3/4 inches thick rubbed with, garlic

dried cannellini beans or other white bean (my mom uses canned to save time), turkish bay leaves, olive oil, onion, finely chopped, carrot, finely chopped, stalk celery, finely chopped, vine-ripened tomatoes, peeled and finely chopped, garlic, finely chopped, fresh thyme leaves (or sage or rosemary!), water, kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, fresh lemon juice , to taste

elbow macaroni or other small pasta, olive oil, yellow onion, minced, garlic clove, minced, tomato paste , blended with 1 cup warm water, cooked -or- 1 15-oz can cannellini or other white beans, drained and rinsed, vegetable stock, red pepper flakes , or to taste, bay leaves, dried oregano, salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

baking potato, diced, tomato, chopped, onion, minced, tuscan kale, chopped, garlic, cut in half, coarse sea salt, crushed red pepper flakes, ground black pepper, water, cooked kidney beans, drained and rinsed