I just made a pot of soup this past weekend. I used Trader Joe's Mixed Bean soup mix. It's not really a soup mix, but it is a nice mix of soup beans. I sort-of followed the directions on the bag, except I left out the bell pepper because I hate them and the tomatoes because my soup pot just wasn't big enough to hold everything.

Next time I will get a bigger pot and add the tomatoes because it just seemed to lack something. Also because of that lack, I kept adding in different things - sage, thyme, red pepper flakes and last but not least some red curry - and ended up with a really good soup!