Good soup! I added some chicken for my hubby's benefit. Used veggie broth. The only herb I added was to simmer a bay leaf in the soup. I did throw a handful of frozen chopped spinach in for the last ten minutes. That made it perfect.

Reviewed On: Oct. 28, 2009

I'm giving this 4 starts because I think when I halved the recipe I didn't use half the beans. My soup turned out rather... well, BEANY. Regardless, I still would use twice the veggies called for even at normal quantities, and I didn't care for the consistency of the meats after they simmered in the soup for 3 & 1/2 hours. I will try this again, I'm confident that it's good as written.

Reviewed On: Oct. 3, 2009

Mine came out tough. May have been the quality of the brisket I bought. It was a lot of cooking just to be disappointed.

Reviewed On: Sep. 29, 2009