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Lemony Coconut White Bean Soup with Greens

Creamy coconut broth with tender cannellini beans, silky spinach and kale, brightened by lemon, garlic and a whisper of cumin and oregano.

Lemony Coconut White Bean Soup with Greens

Ingredients

  • 1½ tbsp20 gOlive oil
  • 1½ medium160 gYellow oniondiced
  • 2 medium120 gCarrotsdiced
  • 2 stalks80 gCelerydiced
  • 5 cloves15 gGarlicminced
  • 1 tsp2 gGround cumin
  • 2 tsp2 gDried oregano
  • ½ tsp1 gCrushed red pepper
  • 2¾ cups500 gGreat northern or cannellini beans, canned, drained and rinsed
  • 3 cups660 gVegetable broth
  • 1 cup200 gCoconut milk, cannedstirred well
  • 5¾ cups chopped120 gKalestems removed, chopped
  • 3 cups loosely packed90 gBaby spinach
  • 2 tbsp30 gLemon juice
  • ¼ tsp2 gSalt
  • ½ tsp1 gBlack pepper
  • ¼ cup chopped15 gFresh parsleychopped
  • ⅓ cup crumbled60 gFeta cheesecrumbled
  • 2 large pitas128 gWhole-wheat pitacut into wedges

Steps

  1. Prep first: dice the onion, carrot and celery, mince the garlic, strip and chop the kale, chop the parsley and crumble the feta.
  2. Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the onion, carrot and celery and cook, stirring, until soft, about 8 minutes.
  3. Stir in the garlic, cumin, oregano and red pepper flakes and cook 1 minute until fragrant.
  4. Add the great northern beans and vegetable broth. Bring to a boil, then simmer 10 minutes.
  5. Scoop out about one quarter of the beans with some broth, mash them with a fork until smooth, and stir the mash back in to thicken the soup.
  6. Stir in the coconut milk and the kale; simmer gently 5 minutes until the kale is tender.
  7. Turn off the heat and stir in the spinach until wilted, then add the lemon juice, salt and black pepper.
  8. While the soup finishes, warm the pita wedges in a dry skillet or oven for a few minutes.
  9. Ladle into bowls, top with the parsley and feta, and serve with the warm pita.

Contains: Milk, Gluten. Some brands contain soy.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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