Not a pretty picture

I made pasta e fagiolli from Everyday Italian and although the soup was tasty, it doesn't look all that great. I will be adding my picture at the end. This was a very simple soup to put together. Because the ingredient list was so short, I wasn't sure how it would turn out. I followed the recipe as written, but instead of using canned kidney beans, I used dried borlotti beans ordered from Rancho Gordo. I cooked them all day in my crock pot. They are a tasty bean, but it took a lot longer than I thought they should. I have never been good at the dried bean thing. They may have not been quite done when I blended the soup using an immersion blender. Instead of thickening the soup, I just got tiny bean pieces. Oh well.

I topped the soup with cheese and olive oil as directed and that gave it a lot of flavor. Even Mark said he liked it. Although, he also said he was surprised that he liked it. I guess I will take what I can get!