Showing posts with label peppers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label peppers. Show all posts

Sunday, October 17, 2010

KALE SOUP

no pictures because it got eaten too fast! Onion-free in Heather's honor!

Dried CHICKPEAS (1.5 cups) - boil, soak, cook for 2 hours or so - OR use a can of pre-cooked chickpeas
veggie BROTH - 4 cups? It was guesswork. Enough to cover...
1 large bunch KALE - chopped finely. Add to chickpea/broth and boil 15 minutes or so
5 finely chopped red PEPPERS (the tiny sweet peppers we got in the boxes last week. If you get a grocery-store-sized pepper, one or two will do).
and a chopped TOMATO
Cook about five or ten more minutes, seasoning well with
BLACK PEPPER
RED PEPPER FLAKES
ROSEMARY
TARRAGON
FRESH BASIL (chopped. maybe 8 leaves)
OR any kind of all-purpose "italian seasoning" you've got. The chickpeas could also be replaced with white beans or even lima. The only crucial ingredient is kale.
Serves a housefull.

hurray for kale!
Now we ate this alongside some homemade garlic-squash ravioli, but THAT is a much more complicated process (but a pleasant afternoon's activity!)... I really should've taken pictures of our masterpieces though.