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Kale White Bean Soup

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Kale White Bean Soup serves up a complete meal with this one recipe. An easy and delicious recipe that you need to make asap. Great on any night of the week.

Kale White Bean Soup serves up a complete meal with this one recipe. An easy and delicious recipe that you need to make asap.

 

Thank goodness for beans! Have you ever met anyone who doesn’t like beans? Even kids?

Well, my nieces have to have refried beans, in the can, that say vegetarian not natural. I mean they can really tell!

But … small particulars aside. Beans are wonderful! They are lifesavers – especially when picky eaters are involved.

I was a bit nervous when I made this soup. It has all the classic flavors of a good soup but there is a questionable ingredient to many. Kale.

Not that it isn’t any good because, believe me, it is delicious but so many people don’t want to try new things. So, with trepidation I put the new, beautiful, eye opening, soup on the table.

Of course, the question ‘What’s this?’ was asked. ‘A flavorful hearty soup’ was my answer. You can’t fool me!

So ladles of soup filled the bowls and people started eating. Whew! They loved it. Compliments started immediately and crusty bread disappeared along with it.

Yeah! A new bean soup with more nutrition and fiber. Kale White Bean Soup 🙂

 

Kale White Bean Soup serves up a complete meal with this one recipe. An easy and delicious recipe that you need to make asap.

 

How Do You Remove the Stems From Kale?

  • The tough ribs need to be removed. A super simple way to do this is to fold your kale in half right down then stem.
  • Take a sharp knife and slice just to the side of the stem.
  • Start at the top and come on down to the bottom of the leafy part and cut that stem away. Beautiful! No holes anywhere and no tears.
  • Some people tear the leaves off the stem but it takes longer and it looks messy. You’ll probably have holes in the leaves.
  • So I prefer the single cut per leaf and done.

 

We eat a lot of soup during the fall and winter. A few of our favorites are:

I’d love to show you a picture of one of these soups. I was going to try to show the one that is the most popular on the blog.

They are all pretty much neck and neck so maybe I’ll choose the one that has been on the blog the longest and is still being made like crazy. Oh my gosh, it’s so good!

Homemade French Onion Soup with an overhead view of a rich brown onion soup topped with a slice of French bread and melted vegan cheese. In a white bowl against a deep purple background.
 

Prett good, heh? Now we can get back to some lovely bean soup that just happens to have good old kale included. I think you’ll love it!

Kale White Bean Soup serves up a complete meal with this one recipe.
 

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Kale White Bean Soup serves up a complete meal with this one recipe.
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Kale White Bean Soup

Kale White Bean Soup serves up a complete meal with this one recipe. 
Course Soup
Cuisine Beans, Dairy-Free, Vegan
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 5 minutes
Servings 6 Servings
Calories 218kcal
Author Ginny McMeans

Ingredients

  • 16 ounces navy beans dried
  • 1 tablespoon coconut oil
  • 1/2 cup onions coarsely chopped
  • 1 clove garlic finely chopped
  • 1 red bell pepper diced
  • 4 tomatoes plum/Roma, chopped
  • 2 cups carrots sliced into chunks
  • 5 cups vegetable broth
  • 6 cups water, divided 4 cups and 2 cups
  • 1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning my homemade recipe is linked below in Instructions
  • 2 teaspoons sea salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 lb kale stems and center ribs discarded and leaves coarsely chopped

Instructions

  • Place beans in a large stockpot and cover with water by about 3". Let it sit overnight to let the beans expand.
  • If you want to do the quick method for preparing the beans t(instead of soaking overnight) then cover beans with water by 2 inches in a stockpot. Cover with a lid and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and let stand, uncovered, 1 hour. Drain beans.
  • Put the oil in the same stock pan and heat over medium heat.
  • Add the onions and saute for about 15 minutes until soft and translucent.
  • Add garlic and cook, stirring, 1 minute.
  • Add beans, red bell pepper, tomatoes, carrots, broth, 4 cups water, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper.
  • Cover and bring to a boil. Uncover and turn down to a simmer.
  • Cook until beans are tender, about 60 to 90 minutes.
  • Stir in kale and remaining 2 cups water and simmer, uncovered until kale is tender. About 12 to 15 minutes.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Kale White Bean Soup
Amount Per Serving (2 cups)
Calories 218 Calories from Fat 27
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 3g 5%
Saturated Fat 2g 10%
Sodium 1622mg 68%
Potassium 1057mg 30%
Total Carbohydrates 39g 13%
Dietary Fiber 10g 40%
Sugars 7g
Protein 10g 20%
Vitamin A 328%
Vitamin C 159.5%
Calcium 19.6%
Iron 19.2%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

IF FREEZING:

You can freeze this soup but it has to be done before you add the kale. In other words, it would be a kale-less white bean soup the first time around and after you defrosted and heated that is when the kale would go in.

Let cool to room temperature. Package in rigid sided containers as defined in my article Preparing Food for the Freezer

TO PREPARE AFTER FREEZING:

Remove from the freezer and put in the refrigerator overnight because it is a pretty solid mass and will take longer to defrost.

THE NIGHT OF SERVING:

Put all in a large saucepan and heat through. You can add more broth if you think it is too thick. Add the fresh kale (if you like) and cook for about 15 minutes. Ready to serve.

 

Another Comfort Food Soup to enjoy!
 

Slow Cooker Lentil Vegetable Soup
Slow Cooker Lentil Vegetable Soup is, to say the least, easy and a flavorfully herbed dinner. You just throw in the ingredients and get a fantastic meal.
 

Kale White Bean Soup serves up a complete meal with this one recipe. An easy and delicious recipe that you need to make asap. Great Monday through Sunday.

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  2. I’m making an inspired version of this right now! Thank you! I know it’s going to be delicious. But oh hey, I couldn’t find the link to your italian seasoning so I just winged it. 🙂

  4. I just bought them at the store so I’m not sure if they were old but they didn’t really expand from the soaking. I ended up putting the soup in my slow cooker overnight. Tried it this morning before I left & it was great. Last night dinner is now tonight’s dinner😊

  10. For some unknown reason I can’t get the recipe part to open up. I can get the picture of the soup & comments but not recipe. I saved it on Pinterest & had the recipe yesterday when i bought ingredients. Can you help me?

  11. Hi Joyce, Yes, you can use spinach and you can actually use kale in the soup and then freeze it. I like my soup greens a little greener and firmer so I do it afterwards. But it will still taste great if you add the kale at the end and cook about 15 minutes, let cool and then freeze. I will add that to the directions.

  12. Can you use spinach instead & freeze with spinach instead of adding it after. I freeze in 1 bowl serving so that wouldn’t be something I could do for adding kale after freezing. Why can’t you freeze with kale in soup?

  13. So sorry Joyce. I believe you must be on a mobile device. Right below the photo is a Read More square and I think it is red. Click on that and the whole page will open.

  20. I just had a Kale & White Bean Soup at our local health food store and was thinking to myself that I have to look up a recipe and taa-dah! Found one! Can’t wait to try it!! This soup looks wholesomely delicious.

  46. Thanks so much Colleen! I try to add coconut oil in wherever I can even if it’s only a tablespoon. In fact, usually it is only a tablespoon. Coconut oil is so good for you. 🙂

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