Heat the oil in a large stockpot over medium heat. Add the leak, celery, carrot, and salt to taste and cook until vegetables ...

Repeat the process until all the soup is blended. Return to the microwave-safe bowl.) Add the kidney beans to the soup and microwave on full power for three minutes, stirring after two minutes.

This Mediterranean soup uses a key, non-meat ingredient that has more fiber than black beans and more iron than a T-bone steak. Find this and other recipes at themediterraneandish.com.

One of the things we tend to overbuy are canned beans and more often than not, we are absolutely clueless about what to do with all the dried legumes staring back at us. If you've had cans that ...