Tomato, White Bean & Couscous Soup
with Parsley & Crème Fraîche
- Wheat
- Milk
This soul-warming vegetarian soup is the culinary equivalent of a cozy blanket. It’s chock full of goodness: earthy cannellini beans, tender onion, carrot, and zucchini; plus springy couscous in a savory mushroom-tomato broth. Throw in lots of fresh herbs and a dollop of creme fraiche and it makes an ideal vegetarian dinner or lunch idea! Get ready to wrap yourself in this meal that’s as satisfying and comforting as it is delicious.
Ingredients
¼ ounce
Thyme
½ cup
Israeli Couscous
(Contains: Wheat)
1 unit
Tomato Paste
1 unit
Onion
1 unit
Zucchini
1 unit
Cannellini Beans
2 tablespoon
Crème Fraîche
(Contains: Milk)
1 clove
Garlic
2 unit
Mushroom Stock Concentrate
¼ ounce
Parsley
Not included in your delivery
2 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
2 teaspoon (tsp)
Olive Oil
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Wash and dry produce. • Halve, peel, and finely dice onion. Peel and mince or grate garlic. Trim and quarter zucchini lengthwise; cut crosswise into ½-inch-thick pieces. Drain beans. Pick thyme leaves from stems; mince leaves until you have 1 tsp (2 tsp for 4 servings). Roughly chop parsley.
• Heat a large drizzle of oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 5-6 minutes. • Add garlic; cook until fragrant, 30 seconds. • Stir zucchini, beans, minced thyme, tomato paste, stock concentrates, 3½ cups water (7 cups for 4 servings), and a big pinch of salt and pepper into pot. • Bring to a boil, then reduce to a low simmer; cook, uncovered, until zucchini is just softened, 6-9 minutes.
• Stir couscous into pot. Cover and cook until couscous is tender, 7-9 minutes. Taste and season generously with salt and pepper.
• Divide soup between bowls. Top with crème fraîche. (TIP: Cut a corner of the crème fraîche pouch to create a piping bag!) Garnish with chopped parsley and serve.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Some found it mild; adding extra herbs, spices, or stock concentrate boosted flavor. Others enjoyed the thyme and mushroom-tomato base.
- Ease of prep: Quick and easy to make in one pot, with generous portions that often provided leftovers.
- Suggestions: Consider adding protein like chicken sausage, or extra veggies like kale for more texture and flavor 🍲.
- Leftovers: Many found it made enough for multiple meals, with some even freezing extra portions for later.
- Texture: Some preferred a thicker consistency; try mashing some beans or reducing water for a heartier soup.
Reviews from our home cooks
Great quick recipe - the parsley and creme fraiche are nice touches. Added home made garlic bread with it, as well as store bought chicken sausage to the dish. Would absolutely get it again.
What a delicious surprise! I can't wait to have this again! The zucchini was so delicious in this and I never would have thought to include it! I do wish I could opt out of some ingredients like the parsley. I don't like fresh parsley so I often only use a tiny bit or I don't use it at all and I hate to waste it!
This soup recipe is convenient for cleanup because it only uses one pot. I used all the thyme in my recipe and it was delicious!!! So flavorful and hearty and yummy!
This soup was delicious and I loved the flavors. Generous portions left us pleasantly satisfied with a bit leftover for next day's lunch.
The soup was very good. It was a tad watery, perhaps add cornstarch to thicken a bit. The fresh ingredients was great.
This soup is awesome and easy and I had leftovers to freeze for another time when the fridge was empty. Fresh and fulfilling.
Loved this one! The thyme with the mushroom stock and tomato was an interesting flavor and one I really enjoyed!
3+/4- Easy, tasty, and filling but flavor was a bit bland for what we have come to expect from Hello Fresh. Although Tomato was the first word in the title, the only tomato ingredient was a small pouch of tomato paste. This should have had either a fresh tomato in addition or a box of diced tomatoes that are part of many of your meals.
Hello Fresh soups are always good and we can get 4 servings out of the 2 meal portion. I like anything with couscous in it too. We had this with cheese and crackers, which finished it well.
I enjoyed the dish overall, but I really did not like the parsley in this. I think I would have liked some basil instead for a fresh herb. The soup could have used some more seasoning in general other than thyme, an Italian spice blend would have been nice.
