We are officially into the doldrums. That time of the season, and it happens every season, where you have usually eaten all your favorite seasonal foods and all the wind has been knocked out of your taste buds. <br /> You have had your pot roasts, your stews and your ragu and now you are starting to want a change. This is when you usually start slipping in some spring or summer flavors to ease yourself out of the winter blues. It is a good time to pull out the home canned tomato sauce with basil. A blast of summer past in a mason jar is just the right thing. This soup utilizes that tomato flavor but is still hearty enough to warm the bones and fill you up. <br />note: notice I don’t soak the beans overnight in this recipe. I used to do it that way exclusively but then always had trouble getting the beans tender without being mushy. I have found over the years that this method, for me at least, gives me a bean with a creamy interior and an exterior with tooth. It is your call here. Do it how you feel most comfortable. <br />

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