Italian Kale Soup

It must be winter! All I want are warm comforting foods like soup. Here is a recipe for an easy and yummy Italian Kale soup. Ruby gobbled this one up- even the kale. This recipe was adapted from allrecipes.com.

Ingredients
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 yellow onion, chopped
2 tablespoons chopped garlic
1 bunch kale, stems removed and leaves chopped **
8 cups water
6 cubes (or teaspoons) vegetable bouillon **
1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes
6 red potatoes, scrubbed and cubed
2 (15 ounce) cans cannellini beans and/or navy beans
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
2 tablespoons dried parsley
salt and pepper to taste

Directions
Heat the olive oil in a large soup pot; cook the onion and garlic until soft. Stir in the kale and cook until wilted, about 2 minutes. Stir in the water, vegetable bouillon, tomatoes, potatoes, beans, Italian seasoning, and parsley. Simmer soup on medium heat for 25 minutes, or until potatoes are cooked through. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

**Notes:
**For faster soup prep time, look for bags of kale that already have stems removed and are chopped.
**I really like Better than Bouillon vegetable base that come as a thick liquid is a small jar.

Moroccan-Style Dinner Tonight!

Dinner tonight... Want something fast, easy, tasty, and hearty? Try this tasty dish.


INGREDIENTS
1 can (15.5 oz)chickpeas, rinsed and drained
1 can tomatoes with green chilies **
1/2 cup diced onions
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp ground cumin
1/2 tbsp ground ginger
1 tbsp ground coriander
3/4 cup vegetable broth
Salt and pepper, to taste

DIRECTIONS
Saute garlic and onion in olive oil over medium heat for about two minutes.
Stir in cumin, ginger and coriander.
Cook until onion is tender.
Add chickpeas, vegetable broth and tomatoes with juice and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for ten minutes.
Serve alone or over brown rice or over fresh spinach or over steamed vegetables.

**When I made it tonight I only had canned diced tomatoes and canned green chilies. I added 7 oz green chilies to 28 oz of diced tomatoes for a double batch (doubling all the other ingredients as well). Reduce chilies for less spice.