Great Northern Bean Soup Recipe

Heat olive oil in a stockpot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in hot oil until the onion is tender about 5 minutes.

Stir carrots and celery into the onion mixture. Pour vegetable broth into the stockpot; add potato bay leaves basil sea salt pepper and thyme. Bring the mixture to a boil reduce heat to medium-low and cook at a simmer until the vegetables are beginning to soften about 20 minutes.

Stir beans into the soup; continue simmering until the beans are hot and tender about 20 minutes more.