I love going Whole Foods! The produce section is where I spend most of my time. This week I went on Monday at lunch and  bought some hot kale and white bean soup. YUMMY!

I have been craving it ever since, so today we are having it for dinner. I added a few more veggies some swiss chard and some cabbage. My Kale White Bean and Sausage Soup was better than Whole foods! At least I thought so.

It takes about an hour to prep everything. I put everything in a slow cooker and went to work.I hope you love it.

Ingredients

• 2 cans cannellini beans
• 2 medium onions, coarsely chopped
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 5 cups chicken broth (I use bone broth)
• 2 qt water
• 1 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 leaf of swiss chard
• 1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh rosemary
• 1 lb smoked sausage kielbasa
• 6 large carrots, halved lengthwise and cut crosswise
• 1 lb lacinato kale stems and center ribs discarded and leaves coarsely chopped
• 1 cup of red cabbage
• 1 piece 2 inches Parmigiano-Reggiano rind

Mary’s Crackers are great with the soup gluten free and no GMO’s

Make sure you buy sausage with no nitrates

 Directions

Sauté onions and garlic in a skillet. Put the beans, broth, 1 quart water, chicken broth, cheese rind, salt, pepper, swiss chard, cabbage, and rosemary in a large sauce pan or slow cooker on low. Brown sausage in the skillet then transfer to paper towels to drain.

Put carrots into soup add sausage and remaining quart water and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until kale is tender, 12 to 15 minutes.

I made the Kale White Bean and Sausage Soup this morning put it in the fridge so the flavors would mix together and then I heated it up tonight. Yummy!

While the sausage was cooking I got out my Vitaimix and made green smoothies. I am set for a couple of days with my soup and smoothies!

Enjoy!