Kale, Sausage & Vegetable Soup

Kale, Sausage & Vegetable Soup
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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 10
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 222.2
  • Total Fat: 9.7 g
  • Cholesterol: 30.0 mg
  • Sodium: 1,276.0 mg
  • Total Carbs: 21.1 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 5.3 g
  • Protein: 13.3 g

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Introduction

Before kale started getting into everything from cookies to treats for dogs, there was kale soup - a hearty concoction that takes no special talent to prepare.  All that's needed - the ingredients, a large soup pot, and the bit of time it takes to chop, sauté and simmer.

I combed the web for a version of this soup I recall from many years ago when our friend and neighbor Mariyln Fuller hosted a Sunday night soup party.  Damned if I can recall what the other two soups were, because that's the one that stuck in my mind - I went back for seconds, forsaking the others I'd tried.  The taste memory was so intense that I knew it would be easier to reinvent it myself than try to find her version from an ancient issue of Gourmet.

And so it goes.  This makes a huge pot and can certainly be halved:
Before kale started getting into everything from cookies to treats for dogs, there was kale soup - a hearty concoction that takes no special talent to prepare.  All that's needed - the ingredients, a large soup pot, and the bit of time it takes to chop, sauté and simmer.

I combed the web for a version of this soup I recall from many years ago when our friend and neighbor Mariyln Fuller hosted a Sunday night soup party.  Damned if I can recall what the other two soups were, because that's the one that stuck in my mind - I went back for seconds, forsaking the others I'd tried.  The taste memory was so intense that I knew it would be easier to reinvent it myself than try to find her version from an ancient issue of Gourmet.

And so it goes.  This makes a huge pot and can certainly be halved:

Number of Servings: 10

Ingredients

    4 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
    2 cup, chopped Onions, raw
    2 large (7-1/4" to 8-1/2" long) Carrots, raw
    2 serving Celery - 1 medium Stalk (by MOSBOURNE)
    4 serving Sausage, Smoked Andouille Chicken Sausage Trader Joe's YUM
    10 oz Trader Joe's Organic Tuscan Kale
    2 cup Cannelini Beans (by JENNIFERMARIA75)
    1 medium (2-1/4" to 3-1/4" dia.) Potato, raw
    28 oz Muir Glen Fire Roasted Diced Tomatoes (by MISS_THING)
    8 tsp Better than Bouillion, chicken base (by NPAUL929)
    8 cup Boiling water (by SANDYJ59)
    .25 tsp Pepper, black
    .5 tsp Kosher Salt, Morton Coarse (by DLEEGUILL)
    4 clove Garlic

Directions

In large soup pot or dutch oven, sauté onions, carrots & celery on medium heat about 10 minutes until softened.  Add garlic and kale, cover, reduce heat to medium low and cook about 2 minutes.  Stir in all other ingredients, cover and simmer on medium low about 30 minutes.  Serve with a dash of Tabasco if you like a bit more spice.

Serving Size: Makes about 10 2-cup servings