Kale And Bean Soup

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 8 garlic cloves, pressed
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 medium carrots, sliced rather thinly
• 1 head kale, rinsed, spun and chopped
• 4 cups vegetable broth (reserve 1 cup)
• 2 (15 ounce) cans beans, undrained (reserve about a cup of the beans and liquid)
• 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon dried oregano
• 1 tablespoon dried basil
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 heat olive oil in a large soup pot over medium-high heat. add garlic, onion and carrots, and saute until the onion is translucent and the carrots are getting soft.
• 2 add the washed and chopped kale and saute for 10-15 minutes, until the kale is reduced and nice and soft.
• 3 add 3 cups of the vegetable broth, the beans (reserving as stated above), the tomatoes, and the seasonings.
• 4 simmer for 5 minutes.
• 5 while simmering, use a stick blender or regular blender to combine the reserved beans and broth.
• 6 add the bean and broth mixture and simmer 5 more minutes.