As described, even if the beans are drained, it is way, way too salty - thus just three stars. However, if using dried beans, it would be really tasty! Overall, a great idea for a recipe if you get rid of the excessive sodium.

This recipe is great! I substituted chicken broth, left out the spinach, added diced tomato and sautee'd onion and celery the first time I made it. My family requested it again just days later. The second time we made it, we added lima beans and didn't drain any of the beans. I am sure we will try many variations and love them all.

This recipe is great because you can easily keep the ingredients on hand and make it quickly!

I love beans and I love spinach, so this is great to me. I followed Meriberk's suggestion and drained off the juice on the beans and replaced with water where necessary. The beans still have a salty enough flavor to me. I also left out the oil, as per another suggestion.

I made this because I try to eat healthy, but it turned out very tasty as well. I first sauteed chopped onion and garlic in the olive oil, added the broth and spinach, and finally the canned beans (all rinsed and drained as I don't like the feel of the bean liquid). Added a good bit of crushed red pepper and a handful of broken angel hair pasta. Very good and healthy.

Great soup! I bought the beans with no salt added to cut down on the sodium content. I also added onion for more flavor. Other than that, I just followed the recipe. My mother made the comment that it looked disgusting, but now she's hooked! This is very good and definitely worth a try.

It needed something more to it. It was a little bland for my tastes. I added some heat to it by adding in red pepper flakes and a few tablespoons of chili sauce.

A very tasty healthy dish for those of us without much energy after a long day of work. Only thing I substituted was chopped garlic for the garlic powder (you can but this pre-chopped at the grocery store, so I stock it.) This is a keeper for my winter cookbook.

We really liked this alot. Only thing I did differently was omit the oil and added a can of whole leaf spinach because just the 1 package of frozen wasn't enough. Next time I will try it with 2 pkgs of frozen. I used freshly ground pepper and did not add any salt. As others commented, there was plenty of salt in it from the canned beans.

We did not like this at all. I followed the recipe as written except that I used fresh garlic instead of garlic powder. Well, at the end, I ended up dumping in garlic powder, tabasco, extra black pepper, chili powder, and crushed red pepper in an effort to make it taste like something. It's very healthy and very easy if you like it, and a lot of people do. In the event that you do make this and when you taste it it's not for you, I did find that the chili powder and then topping the whole thing with fat free yogurt gave it more flavor, so we were able to eat it for dinner.

When I first read this recipe I was not too sure about it. I thought about how I could make it better and this is really a good hearty soup for a winter meal on a budget. The changes I made were slight. I added a chopped onion and 1 chopped carrot. I used black beans, dark kidney beans, northern beans and chili beans and added a can of chopped tomatos. I used 2 cans of chicken broth and floated 2 boneless skinless chicken thighs and chopped them when cooked. I omitted the oil. Spinich is such a nice change in soup! This all went in my crock-pot in the morning and the house smelled so good as soon as I opened the door after work! The flavor is great and I love all the colors together and the broth is such a rich dark color! I make lots of crock-pot soups and this is a keeper! Thanks for the great base!

This soup is healthy and delicious!!! I used chicken stock made with a chicken base so it was really rich. I used all beans except pinto as I didn't have any in the pantry. I omitted the oil as I did't see any reason for it and it's healthier without it. I will definitely be making this one again for years to come!

This HEALTHY recipe has over 800 MG sodium per serving. the convenience of canned beans is very costly sodium wise. Use low sodium beans, home cooked beans, or at least drain and wash the canned beans. This will cut about 24% of sodium.

great recipe, but very high in sodium, I would suggest, rinsing the beans, and replacing the liquid with water. This would cut down on some of the sodium and make the recipe more healthy.

Next time I'll just buy a bag of 15 beans and go from there. I don't care for canned beans.

This was wonderful! It's so healthy and simple. I added a can of (no salt added) corn and a can of diced potatoes. Definitely a keeper. Everyone loved it!

Delicious and Easy! I sauteed fresh onion and garlic first, added the frozen spinach and enough broth to cover. Let that cook, then added the beans and spices. Even the kids ate some! (with help).

I liked it but noticed a slight bitter taste from the spinach. I would make it again but would add ingredients suggested in other reviews.