Don’t get me wrong, I love sausage. But I’ve also recently realized that it dominates any meal. That’s not a bad thing; it’s just something I’ve come to realize.
This fact dawned on me when I cooked a sausage, white bean, and kale soup based on a recipe in the Whole Foods newsletter. It’s a tasty soup, it just tastes like “sausage” soup. I guess the beans and kale make it healthy. If you’re interested in making it, here’s how it goes down:
Brown one pound of any type of sausage in a heavy bottomed pot. Add a diced yellow onion and cook until it is translucent. Then add a quart of chicken broth and bring to a boil. Add chopped up kale (thick stems removed), and cook until the kale is soft. Blend 3 cups of white beans with 3/4 of a cup of chicken broth in a blender. Add the mixture to the soup along with another 3 cups of white beans. Finally, add a little more broth if the soup needs it. (Mine had too much broth which definitely brought the soup down.) Add salt and pepper to taste.
Tags: kale, sausage, soup, white beans, whole foods
