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Kale and roasted vegetable soup

Contributed by Preston Maring, MD

Kale and roasted vegetable soup
I had 6 cups of homemade vegetable stock frozen (collect vegetable scraps in large freezer bags --- cover 2 gallons worth with about 3 quarts of water, boil, then simmer for a hour or so. Strain then freeze the stock). I also had some kale and carrots from my local farmers market. Inspired by a recipe from simplyrecipes.com, I made a really rich, full flavored soup. Roasting, then pureeing some of the vegetables is a great wrinkle to try. Roasting the vegetables for this soup takes vegetable soup to a new level. I am looking forward to using this basic techniques again. I hope you enjoy it.

Servings: 4

Ingredients

  • 3 medium carrots, cut into 1/2" slices
  • 2 tomatoes cut into wedges (or 1 15 ounce can of no added salt tomatoes when tomatoes aren't in season locally)
  • 1 yellow onion cut into 6-8 wedges
  • 6 big cloves of garlic, peeled
  • 1/2 butternut squash, peeled and cut into cubes ( I actually used eggplant as I didn't have squash)
  • 1 bunch of kale, stacked, rolled up then thinly sliced
  • 1 can cannellini beans, drained or 1 1/2 cups freshly cooked white beans
  • 6 cups vegetable stock
  • 1 heaping teaspoon dried thyme or a palm full of fresh thyme sprigs
  • 1 bay leaf
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. 
  2. Lightly oil a rimmed baking pan. Arrange the carrots and squash (eggplant) on one end and the onions, garlic, and tomato on the other. Roast until everything is slightly browned --- maybe 30 mins. 
  3. Scoop the onions, tomatoes, and garlic into a blender. Puree the vegetables briefly. 
  4. Add the stock and mix briefly. Bring the stock with blended veggies to a simmer. 
  5. Add the kale, thyme, and bay leaf. Cook until the kale is tender --- about 30 mins. 
  6. Add the carrots, squash (eggplant), and white beans.
  7. Cook for about 5 more minutes. Remove the bay leaf and the thyme sprigs if you used fresh thyme. 
  8. Season to taste and serve hot.

Nutrition Information (per serving)

  • Calories: 271
  • Fat: 4 gm
  • Saturated fat: 1 gm
  • Trans fat: 0 gm
  • Cholesterol: 0 mg
  • Carbohydrate: 49 gm
  • Fiber: 11 gm
  • Sugars: 7 gm
  • Sodium: 192 mg (without added salt)
  • Protein: 19 gm

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