I frequently post meals from my mom’s table and this one had folks asking for the bean soup recipe. When cold weather hits, soup is a natural choice for meals and we all love soup in our family. Mom’s been making this one for awhile, called Neighborhood Bean Soup. Not sure where the name came from, except maybe you can feed a crowd with a pot of this soup. She got it from Taste of Home magazine, one of her faves. Just click that link above for the recipe, no need to post it twice.
We all had lunch over there recently and this is the spread she put out on her pretty Thanksgiving tablecloth. They always have sweet potatoes in some form on the table, as that is probably my dad’s favorite thing in the world. We had greens from the garden and a fruit salad too.
Of course, you need cornbread with soup and her’s is always perfection, cooked in a black iron skillet. If you want to know how my mom makes cornbread, you can find it on this cornbread post, along with her cornbread chicken and dressing recipe, all on one post. I have gathered many of her recipes along the way and shared them on the blog. Long live mama’s cooking!
We still feel so blessed to have her, still cooking and taking care of herself and my dad by still preparing good meals and eating out of their garden. I know this is what keeps them going, all the healthy home-cooked food they eat.
If you love soup, this is a good one to try! Very tasty and filling and perfect Fall/Winter comfort soup.
Thanks for this! Will definitely make this soup. Hate to be a pest, but briefly, what method does she use for the sweet potatoes? Are they baked or boiled? Seeing this post makes me want to do more with sweet potatoes than I do. Thanks.
Melanie, see below, she just bakes them in the oven. That’s it! My dad literally eats them every meal.
Yum-O! I love soup. It’s like a warm blanket wrapped around me. I’ll make this one for sure. Thank you for sharing.
Oh this soup sounds so delicious Rhoda! I was also wondering how your Mom prepares her sweet potatoes?
Have a blessed day and thank you for sharing with us.
Debbie, she normally just bakes them (in the skin) in the oven. She bakes a whole bunch of them and then freezes and warms them up for later.
Rhoda thanks. I had no idea you could freeze sweet potatoes. Your Dad and I would get along just fine. I love them about as much as he does ha ha.
Yum! That recipe looks similar to the senate bean soup my mom makes every Christmas Eve. I always love seeing what your mama makes for lunch – and how she displays it on the table. 🙂
My Mother used green onions instead of a white one. She also added raw eggs and boiled eggs. She would stir it about every 20 minutes. It is so good. Oh yes she used poultry seasoning, salt and black pepper.
When I read this I was still thinking about the bean soup and I thought, raw eggs and boiled eggs in soup? That’s weird. then I realized you were talking about the dressing. It’s been a long day.
Thanks for the soup recipe. Can’t wait to try it. I was reading some of our story last night. I lost my job about 2 months ago and wanted to give blogging a try. By the way I love your site! What would you say was the one most important thing to get your blog noticed or keep people coming back? I don’t really have a niche. I am a southern girl/lady & I love the Lord with all my heart! Would love any advice. I love everything, crafts, diy, learning, reading, visiting antique shop and thrift shops, craft fairs….. I don’t want to go back to corporate America!
HI, Cheri, thanks for reading. I’m not sure what to tell you to get started. I was very fortunate to get into blogging almost 9 years ago & it’s changed drastically since then. There are thousands upon thousands of blogs out there now. So, I would say, do it because you have something to share, but it takes years for it to become a business. I worked hard for 4 years before I got to that point. I wish you the best!
Hi Rhoda, was wondering if mom uses some kind of dressing for her fruit salad.
Well, this is beautiful! I saved all these recipes with Evernote. I tracked the recipes back to the cornbread dressing. I want to make homemade dressing for this Thanksgiving and this looks not so complicated.
How many does this serve?
Thank you so much and God bless you and your beautiful family! Thanks for sharing them.
Nancy, do you mean the dressing recipe? It serves a bunch, I’d say at least 12.
Oh yes, sorry. Dressing! Thanks so much, I am going to make this.
I just had to tell you this is the best soup I’ve ever made! My husband and I just love it…thanks for sharing…a definite keeper that I will hand down to my girls!
My Georgia relatives added boiled eggs to the dressing. Otherwise the same. So yummy.