Chunky Vegetable Soup With Toasted Cheese Croutons

• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 cup bagged chopped onion
• 1 cup presliced mushrooms
• 1 cup bagged chopped carrot
• 1 cup chopped green bell pepper
• 1 teaspoon dried herbes de Provence
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 (14-ounce) can vegetable broth
• 1 (14.5-ounce) can no salt-added diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1 (15-ounce) can navy beans, rinsed and drained
• 8 (1/2-inch-thick) slices French bread baguette, toasted
• 1/4 cup (1 ounce) grated Asiago cheese

1. Preheat broiler.
2. Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add chopped onion, mushrooms, carrot, and bell pepper; cover and cook for 3 minutes. Stir in herbes de Provence, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, broth, and tomatoes. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes. Stir in navy beans; cover and simmer 5 minutes.
3. While soup cooks, arrange the bread slices on a baking sheet. Sprinkle evenly with cheese. Broil 2 minutes or until cheese melts. Spoon 1 3/4 cups soup into each of 4 bowls, and top each serving with 2 bread slices.

olive oil, onion, mushrooms, carrot, green bell pepper, black pepper, vegetable broth, salt, navy beans, bread baguette, cheese

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/chunky-vegetable-soup-with-toasted-cheese-croutons (may not work)