Reviewed: Feb. 9, 2012

I used white beans and spicy italian sausage browned without the casing and spinach. In the bottom of the bowl I added parmasian cheese and garlic croutons.It was excellent!! I was asked to make it again from all who had it

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ginger

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Glenolden, Pennsylvania, USA

Living In: Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 23, 2012

so very good. used turkey kielbasa and just threw the kale in with everything else instead of precooking it separately. I took other's advice and sauteed the sausage with garlic and onions- I should have browned the sausage before adding the onions and garlic though. All in all, found this really easy and delicious. Loved that I could make it more healthy and will absolutely be making this again. Oh- added some soy, Worcestershire and hot sauce for flavor.

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rebecca

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA

Living In: Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 18, 2012

This was a great starter recipe! I put carrots, celery, garlic and onion in the food processor and sweated them in the dutch oven with EVOO and 2 bay leaves. Then I followed the recipe but I did use canned beans instead of dry. I simmered my soup on the stove for about 4 hours, it turned out great!! I served with homeade biscuts and parmesan cheese on top of the soup.

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LED87

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Dallas, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 27, 2011

I found this recipe on another website and checked here because I trust the readers here to be both helpful and honest. My recipe includes a 10 or 14oz can of diced fire-roasted tomatoes with juice and adding those certainly gave it some zip. I sauteed a chopped onion with the sausage and then added chopped garlic as well as a cut up zuccini and some freeze dried shallots. Two cans of drained, rinsed canellini beans and two cans of chicken stock gave us a very tasty meal. I hadn't thought of that cheese rind tucked away in the freezer so thanks for that tip - I'll be using that the next time.

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PMORENA

Reviewed: Dec. 16, 2011

Liked the base recipe, but as written is a bit bland (so I add garlic) and pre-cooking the kale seems unnecessary. Couln't find linguica sausage..so I used Italian and crumbled it. I also used a parmesean rind when cooking the beans (advice from another review..good idea!) and sprinkle with parmesean when done. Use French bread for dipping and eat up..it's really a pretty healthy soup (I cut the sausage to ~12 onces). Thanks for sharing!

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JAVAJAN

Reviewed: Oct. 5, 2011

It didn't taste like much. I had to do a lot of doctoring up to make it flavorful.

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Amy

Reviewed: Aug. 1, 2011

Delicious. I didn't have a full cup of shallots so I filled in with yellow onion and leek. It turned out great.

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Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Seattle, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 18, 2011

This soup has great flavor! I didn't have sausage links so I used ground italian sausage and used the suggested hot sauce. I don't have a pressure cooker either so I used the fast boil method written on the bean bag. I didn't reserve the bean water and just used the chicken broth. I can't wait to make it again.

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myhusbandswife

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: North Pole, Alaska, USA

Reviewed: May 16, 2011

This soup is wonderful! I don't like spicy food so I omitted the hot sauce and used smoked turkey sausage in place of the linquica. I can't wait to eat leftovers for lunch!

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alabamhockeygirl

Home Town: Mobile, Alabama, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 4, 2011

This was a very tasty and nutritious soup. I used kielbasa instead of linguica; and instead of cooking the kale separately, I copied a similar kale-soup recipe and simmered it for 25 mins. in the soup, adding chicken broth as needed until I had the consistency I wanted (I used less than 4 cups broth). Very delicious and I will definitely make this one again!

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