[samiam1972]

I probably should have added that those recipes were all chicken broth based in case anyone reading this didn’t see that before.

This soup is very versatile/basic. Any bean would be fine! I love the idea of using spaghetti sauce in place of tomatoes. It would give it a different texture/color but sounds yummy!

I’m glad it worked for you! It is one of my favorites!

[hennie pennie]

Oh, I added the tomatoes in, too, and maybe half a jar of the spaghetti sauce; I just returned from the grocery store where I picked up some canned navy beans -- and really this soup NEEDS the white beans, they look SO pretty with spinach and red broth.

It is so NICE to have a different soup, LOL, and today I noticed that one of my stores has bottled alfedo sauce that is about to come to its expiration date.

I am thinking that if any go on deep discount clearance sale, that perhaps it would make a good base (+milk) for a creamy spinach soup.

I dunno if it would work, but at least I'm interested enough to even think about doing an experiment.

Next time that there is a really good sale on chicken, I am going to prepare your Italian Soup recipe with homemade chicken stock - I also need to replenish my Italian herbs & spices, I've been doing so much Mexican, I hadn't realized how depleted they'd become.

I'm gonna have enough "white bean red tomato soup" that I'll have to freeze some.

Thanks again, I can't wait to try the Mexican soup, too!