Hello Monday! Hope you all had a great weekend! We had quite the chilly Sunday here in Jersey… like sweatshirts, fire pits and a comforting bowl of Kale & Cannellini Bean Soup chilly! This soup couldn’t be any easier to make and the flavors are just wonderful! This makes for a perfect healthy weeknight meal that will please the whole family! I served some corn muffins on the side and this was just the perfect meal for the cold night! I think you’ll enjoy this as much as my family did.
Carrots, onion, baby kale, cannellini beans and ditalini pasta in a homemade broth. Topped off with homemade garlic & cheese croutons. The broth is so easy! Water that simmers away for 30 minutes with diced carrot, onion, tomato paste, garlic powder, salt and pepper. The kale and beans are then added and simmered another 30 minutes. Just before serving stir in cooked ditalini pasta. The finishing touch with the croutons adds just a great little crunch.
This can easily be made in the slow cooker too! Place all the ingredients into the slow cooker {except for the pasta} and set the timer for 6 hours. At the end before serving go ahead and stir in the cooked pasta.
Ingredients
- 16 cups of water
- 2 carrots, peeled and small dice
- 1/2 small yellow, small dice
- 3 oz {half a small can} tomato paste
- 1 Tbsp garlic powder
- 1 Tbsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1- 4.5 oz container baby kale
- 2 cans cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
- cooked ditalini {or other small pasta}
- garlic & cheese croutons
Instructions
- In a large pot add the water, carrots, onion, tomato paste, garlic powder, salt and pepper.
- Bring up to a boil and the reduce to simmer and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Stir in the baby kale and beans. Simmer for another 30 minutes.
- While the soup is simmer go ahead and cook the pasta to al dente. Drain and drizzle with a little olive oil and stir to prevent sticking.
- Taste and season the soup with salt and pepper to taste.
- Add the pasta just before serving. Top with a few croutons.
Cindy @ Hun What's for Dinner?
This soup looks fantastic! I’ve really loved adding kale to soups lately, rather than spinach.
Jess
What a neat winter recipe!
Thanks for joining the Link Up this week!
Angela LeMoine
Thanks so much for hosting and for stopping by here! Hope you have a wonderful rest of the week!
J @ Bless Her Heart Y'all
Yes! I love easy recipes and I love crockpot recipes even more! This soup looks so good and sounds healthy as well. I have a few get-togethers with friends coming up and hopefully it will be cool enough out to enjoy a soup like this. I may have to try this one out, croutons and all! Thanks for sharing and again, thanks for linking up with Celebrate Southern link up today dear! xoxo
Angela LeMoine
You are so so sweet!!!! I do hope you give it a try and enjoy it as much as we did! Thank you so much for hosting and for taking the time to stop by here!
Susan
Oh my goodness! This looks SO GOOD and so easy! And definitely southern! Thank you so much for joining our first official Celebrate Southern Linkup this week! I am going to pin this to our Celebrate Southern board because it looks AMAZING! Thanks again for joining us! 🙂
Lou Lou Girls
I love soup! Yum. Pinned. Lou Lou Girls