42 minutes•Easy•Serves 1
Lemony White Bean and Spinach Soup
By @chef1
A comforting and flavorful soup featuring cannellini beans, spinach, and a bright lemony finish. Perfect for a light meal.
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Ingredients
- ●1 teaspoon olive oil
- ●1/4 small, diced onion
- ●1 clove, minced garlic
- ●Pinch (optional) red pepper flakes
- ●1 1/2 cups chicken broth
- ●120g White beans, cooked, drained
- ●1 bay leaf
- ●1 cup, roughly chopped fresh spinach
- ●1 tablespoon lemon juice
- ●0.25g Salt
- ●0.15g Black pepper
- ●5g Parmesan cheese, grated
Instructions
- 1Heat the olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the diced onion and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the minced garlic and red pepper flakes (if using) and cook for another minute until fragrant.
- 2Pour in the chicken broth, add the cannellini beans and bay leaf. Bring to a simmer and cook for 15 minutes to allow the flavors to meld.
- 3Stir in the spinach and cook until it wilts, about 2-3 minutes for fresh spinach, a bit longer for frozen.
- 4Remove the bay leaf. Stir in the lemon juice and season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot, garnished with grated Parmesan cheese.
Recipe details
- Category
- Soup
- Preparation
- 12 minutes
- Cooking
- 30 minutes
Estimated total: 42 minutes. Planning estimate: stated duration ranges use their midpoint; standard preparation, heating and handling allowances are included. Overlapping tasks are counted once. Resting/chilling is included in total time.
How these estimates were calculated
- Prepare measured ingredients: 10 min planning allowance (vegetable_prep)
- pan preheat: 3 min planning allowance (pan_preheat)
- sauce heat: 3 min planning allowance (sauce_heat)
- transfer: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- Chosen 10-minute initial preparation allowance includes implicit chopping and measuring; written preparation is not counted here again.
- olive oil: USDA tsp portion weight
- onion: USDA small portion weight
- 1/4 small onion.
- garlic: USDA clove portion weight
- Excludes optional red pepper flakes
- chicken broth: USDA cup portion weight
- Chosen weighed cooked beans, no half-can yield inferred.
- Excludes discarded bay leaf
- fresh spinach: USDA cup portion weight
- lemon juice: USDA tbsp portion weight
- Table salt; unknown quantity means sodium is omitted, not guessed.
- USDA black pepper; documented seasoning allowance applies only to to-taste/pinch amounts.
- Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution.
- White beans, cooked, drained: Chosen weighed cooked beans, no half-can yield inferred. Original: {"item":"cannellini beans","amount":"1/2 can, rinsed and drained"}. Authored: {"item":"White beans, cooked, drained","amount":"120g"}.
- Parmesan cheese, grated: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"Parmesan cheese","amount":"for garnish"}. Authored: {"item":"Parmesan cheese, grated","amount":"5g"}.
- Salt: Chosen weighed edible amount; not an inferred yield from the original count, package or vague amount. Original: {"item":"salt","amount":"to taste"}. Authored: {"item":"Salt","amount":"0.25g"}.
- Black pepper: Chosen weighed edible amount; not an inferred yield from the original count, package or vague amount. Original: {"item":"black pepper","amount":"to taste"}. Authored: {"item":"Black pepper","amount":"0.15g"}.
- White beans, cooked, drained: Chosen weighed cooked beans, no half-can yield inferred. Original: {"item":"cannellini beans","amount":"1/2 can, rinsed and drained"}. Authored: {"item":"White beans, cooked, drained","amount":"120g"}.
- Parmesan cheese, grated: Owner-authorized explicit recipe amount or suitable ingredient substitution. Original: {"item":"Parmesan cheese","amount":"for garnish"}. Authored: {"item":"Parmesan cheese, grated","amount":"5g"}.
- Salt: Chosen weighed edible amount; not an inferred yield from the original count, package or vague amount. Original: {"item":"salt","amount":"to taste"}. Authored: {"item":"Salt","amount":"0.25g"}.
- Black pepper: Chosen weighed edible amount; not an inferred yield from the original count, package or vague amount. Original: {"item":"black pepper","amount":"to taste"}. Authored: {"item":"Black pepper","amount":"0.15g"}.
- olive oil: 4.5 g · USDA reference 171413
- onion: 17.5 g · USDA reference 170000
- garlic: 3 g · USDA reference 169230
- red pepper flakes: optional ingredient excluded
- chicken broth: 360 g · USDA reference 171609
- White beans, cooked, drained: 120 g · USDA reference 175203
- bay leaf: discarded ingredient excluded
- fresh spinach: 30 g · USDA reference 168462
- lemon juice: 15 g · USDA reference 167748
- Salt: 0.25 g · USDA reference 173468
- Black pepper: 0.15 g · USDA reference 170931
- Parmesan cheese, grated: 5 g · USDA reference 171247
white beans · spinach · lemon · broth
Estimated nutrition per serving
306 calories · 21.6 g protein · 39.8 g carbohydrate · 8.6 g fat · 8.7 g fiber · 331 mg sodium
Source and basis: USDA FoodData Central and reviewed product references; ingredient-based calculation per serving. Documented USDA or manufacturer portion weights; all listed ingredient mass included before cooking losses. Excludes optional red pepper flakes; Excludes discarded bay leaf Full ingredient matches and assumptions below.
Recipe Context
This recipe was created with the following context in mind:
Monday
dinner
winter
Requested: 8 min
1 person