This vegan Tuscan soup or, more simply, white bean and kale soup is easy to make! Serve with some fresh whole grain bread (gluten-free if that’s your jam) and use it to sop up every last drop!
I had a couple of cans of butter beans lying around (yes I use canned beans sometimes!) and a gorgeous bunch of fresh kale and the pair inspired this incredible soup.
White Beans – I use butter beans (also known as lima beans) but you can use Cannellini, navy, or great northern beans.
Kale – Curly or Lacinato kale works best but you can also use Swiss chard or baby spinach.
Herbs – Using fresh rosemary and thyme really adds something special to this vegan tuscan soup but you easily swap it for the dried versions and it will still be amazing.
Vegetable broth – I like to use my own broth (recipe in The Plant-Based Cookbook) that I make with veggie scraps and without salt. If using cartoned broth, go for brands labeled “no-added sodium” or “low-sodium”.
Making this vegan white bean and kale soup is easy! You sauté the veggies and herbs in water, add the beans and broth and simmer for 30 minutes. Finish with some kale, nutritional yeast, and lemon juice.
But you have 2 options:
This is a simple soup but here are some easy ideas on how to make preparation as seamless and straightforward as possible.
Before starting this vegan white bean and kale soup:
Kale! – A famous leafy green that is full of anti-oxidants, and cancer-fighting, inflammation-reducing phytonutrients. Include kale in your diet wherever you can in both raw and cooked forms.
Beans – Beans are nutritional powerhouses! Fiber, protein, antioxidants! I like to cook my beans from scratch most of the time but for this tuscan-inspired soup I was in a hurry and used up some emergency cans of butter beans I had in the pantry. Try to have beans at least once a day!
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