My mother loved to make soup and although I didn’t appreciate it at the time, bean soup is now one of my favorites from her repertoire. But my bean soup prowess is limited to my mother’s bean soup recipe and I haven’t explored any other variations, until now.

On my other blog (Recovered Recipes) I am currently hosting a food blog event named “Making History”, where participants select an old recipe card and make the recipe then show both the recipe card and outcome (there’s still time to participate – deadline is October 17th, 2008). A few weeks ago, I shared this recipe for pinto bean soup and have been anxious to make it ever since. So, here it is — my entry for the Making History event!
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