Sopa De Campo (madeiran Country Soup)

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 2 sweet potatoes, peeled, quartered
• 2 carrots, peeled, cut into 1/2 -inch rough chunks
• 1 potato, peeled and rough cut
• 1 cup butternut squash, blue hubbard squash (peeled and cubed) or 1 cup sweet pumpkin (peeled and cubed)
• 2 cups green beans, cut into 2-inch lengths
• 1 cup elbow macaroni (optional,)
• 2 cups kale (or a mix, coarsly chopped) or 2 cups cabbage (or a mix, coarsly chopped)
• 1/3 cup olive oil or 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon coarse salt (or to taste )
• fresh ground pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a large 8- quart pot, combine all the ingredients with the except the of the kale/cabbage, pasta, olive oil, salt and pepper.
• 2 pour in enough water to cover, about 12 cups.
• 3 cover the pot and bring to a boil. reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer 30 minutes.
• 4 if using, add the pasta.
• 5 add the salt and pepper. mix in the leafy greens and continue to simmer another 15 minutes until the potatoes, squash and beans are easily mashed with a fork.
• 6 drizzle in the olive oil and simmer one more minute.