Healthy Soup Recipes

Kale is definitely an under-used vegetable nowadays. We love the earthy flavor and healthy soup recipes has lots of great flavor. The Portuguese sausage, linguica, is not always that easy to find locally, we substitute the Spanish sausage, chorizo and are not disappointed. Serve with a crusty baguette.

Ingredients

1/2 lb linguica or chorizo
2 Tablespoons butter
2 Tablespoons olive oil
1 cup of chopped onions
2 teaspoon minced garlic
1 lb baking potatoes, peeled and cubed
2 qts chicken broth or a combination of chicken and beef broth
1/2 cup diced carrots
2 20 oz cans of diced tomatoes with the juice
1 16 oz can of red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
1 15 oz can of small red beans, rinsed and drained
1 16 oz can of cannelloni beans, rinsed and drained
1 lb kale leaves, trimmed into roughly 3 inch pieces

Healthy Cooking Instructions

Prick the skin on the sausage links.
Blanche the sausage in boiling water for 5-10 minutes to release the fat.
Drain the links on paper towels.
When cooled, peel and slice in 1/4″ slices. Set aside.

Melt the butter and oil together in a large soup pot.
Saute the garlic and onion in the butter/oil combo until soft.
Add the broth and also the potatoes.
Bring to boil and simmer for 15-20 minutes, covered.
Mash about half of the potatoes in the pot, to break down the cubes and thicken the soup.
Add the tomatoes, carrots and all of the beans.
Simmer another 15 minutes to heat all ingredients thoroughly.
Add the sausage slices and kale.
Simmer another 15 minutes to complete the soup.