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.