Hearty Tomato Soup with Beans & Greens

Made the tomato base with fresh tomatoes, crushed and let simmer. Do not use canned tomatoes.. Really, fresh from the store ones are better. And it doesn't take all that much extra time to crush or puree them.
Never use kale (the devil's own green, yuck), Used fresh spinach (but frozen is just as good to use).
Upped the garlic to 3 (but that's a personal preference)
And chopped up some bacon bits because spinach and beans needed the third amigo.
Everything else followed the recipe.

This is very good. Only change is I did not use canned soup, made from scratch.