Odd Bunch recipe: Sweet Potato, Kale, and White Bean soup

Last week’s box contained sweet potatoes and kale, so this was the obvious choice.

January is soup weather

Sweet Potato, Kale, and White Bean Soup

Ingredients:

½ cup dried cannellini or other white bean
2 sprigs rosemary
1 small onion, diced
2 sweet potatoes, diced
1 head garlic
olive oil
salt & pepper
1 bunch kale, chopped
6 cups chicken or vegetable stock

Directions:

Put beans, rosemary, and onion in a dutch oven and cover with water. Leave overnight.

Combine potatoes and garlic in a baking dish. Toss to coat with oil, and season with salt and pepper. Roast 1 hour at 350°F for one hour.

At the same time, simmer beans for one hour, adding chopped kale for the last 5 minutes.

Drain beans, discarding rosemary., and return to dutch oven. Add the stock.

Mash the potatoes and garlic, add to the dutch oven with everything else.

Simmer, covered, for 30 minutes.