Sautee garlic in olive oil.
Add sauteed garlic to 4 cups of chicken broth.
Add white beans to chicken broth and bring to boil for 5 minutes. Option: for creamy soup use hand blender and puree beans into broth.
Add remaining ingredients and simmer.
Serve topped with Parmesan cheese.
Note: You can make the soup slimmer by using Italian turkey sausage. You can decrease the sodium by using dried and cooked beans instead of canned and rinsed.
