Great Northerns are similar to navy beans and cannellini beans, so feel free to use what you have on hand. How do you thicken bean and bacon soup? As written, this is meant to be a brothy soup ...

If you're a fan of the canned bean with bacon soup, I think you'll like my version of it. I don't use bacon a whole lot so to replicate the smoky flavor I use a dash of liquid smoke. This navy ...

Navy beans are the star of this hearty and comforting Slow Cooker Navy Bean Soup, perfect for an easy, satisfying meal.

Navy and Great Northern beans are smaller ... Looking to boost the flavor of my quickly made soup, I started with bacon from my farmers market vendor who raises his pigs using organic feed.

This spicy soup includes protein in two forms: juicy boneless chicken thighs and velvety navy beans ... made with Great Northern beans and garnished with bacon, is inspired by Spanish caldo ...

(I like the beans broken down, but not completely smooth.) Return the soup to the pot (unless you used your immersion blender) and add the tomato sauce. Stir to combine. Add 1/2 of the bacon back ...

Pour ½ cup soup into blender ... ¼ cups of any of 5 of the following: navy, red, kidney, or black beans, black eyed peas, len-tils, split green or yellow peas, barley, pinto or romano beans.

But perhaps navy beans’ highest use is in soup. My mother adored soups, especially bean soups, and we ate navy bean soup almost weekly when I was growing up. It was warming and filling ...

I’m a soup ... for the bacon. Switch the chicken broth to vegetable broth. Try it with collards or your favorite greens rather than the kale. Don’t have cannellini? Add butter beans or chickpeas.