slow cooker hearty vegetable and bean soup

Ingredients For slow cooker hearty vegetable and bean soup

• 1

  sweet onion, diced
• 2 clove

  cloves garlic, minced
• 1 md

  potato, peeled and cut into 1” cubes
• 2

  carrots, peeled and sliced into 1” pieces
• 2

  stalks celery, diced
• 1 c

  whole kernel corn (optional)
• kosher or sea salt to taste
• black pepper to taste
• 1/4 tsp

  allspice
• 1 tsp

  smoked paprika
• 1

  bay leaf
• 1/2 tsp

  crushed red pepper flakes, more or less to taste (can be substituted with cayenne pepper)
• 2 c

  frozen or fresh green beans
• 4 c

  vegetable broth, low sodium (chicken broth can be substituted)
• 1/4 c

  vegetable broth, low sodium (chicken broth can be substituted)
• 1 can

  (14.5 oz.) diced tomatoes
• 2 can

  cans cannellini beans, drained (navy, black, or pinto can be substituted)