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Mediterranean Vegetable Bean Soup

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  Mediterranean Turkey Vegetable Bean Soup The coolness in the air means that it is officially soup season and I couldn't be happier! I adore soup. My soups, just like most of my pasta dishes evolve as I cook them. I have a general idea in mind and then I add as I think of what else I can use. This is the way my mother made her soups and having learned by watching and helping her it only makes sense that I cook in the same manner. Nothing was ever wasted in our house. The forgotten carrot at the bottom of the crisper or the little bit of leftover broccoli from the night before were always repurposed into the next night's meal. More often than not, they flavoured a delicious vegetable soup.  This  Mediterranean Turkey Vegetable soup with creamy cannellini beans and fresh Swiss chard (bietola) from my mother’s garden was created with what I had in the house. I used up the last of my plum tomatoes to form a beautiful colour and more flavourful broth. Ingredients are below but plea