Kale And Bean Soup

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon olive oil or 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 6 -8 garlic cloves (crushed or minced)
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 4 cups kale, chopped if fresh (you can use frozen 2 or 3 pkgs. or if canned use 2 to 3 cans)
• you can substitute spinach, swiss chard, mustard greens, cabbage, turnip greens, collard greens (these work well)
• 4 cups chicken broth or 4 cups vegetable broth
• 2 (15 1/2 ounce) cans beans
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomatoes or 1 cup chopped tomato
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon rosemary
• salt and pepper
• 1 cup of chopped parsley

Recipe

• 1 in a large pot, heat olive oil then add garlic and onion.
• 2 sauté these ingredients until soft.
• 3 add kale and sauté until wilted.
• 4 add 3 cups of the broth, 2 cups of beans, tomatoes, herbs,salt and pepper.
• 5 simmer 5 to 10 minutes.
• 6 use a blender, or what have you, mix the remaining beans and broth until smooth.
• 7 i bet your asking why, its to thicken the soup.
• 8 mix into soup.
• 9 simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.
• 10 serve it up in bowls and dress with parsley.
• 11 for vegetarians use the vegetable broth.
• 12 thanks for all the great reviews. all the substitutions and ideas are wonderful. i will try most of them myself. again thanks. gil2 ( www.portuguese-recipes.com).