Recipe – Spicy Sweet Potato Kale Bean Soup

What you’ll need:

• 2 Tablespoons cooking oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped finely
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 5 or 6 small to medium sized sweet potatoes, cubed
• 2 medium, tart green apples, cored, peeled and chopped
• 1 tsp honey
• 1 tsp dried sage
• 1 Hungarian Hot Wax pepper, chopped fine
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp pepper
• 3 cans vegetable broth
• 2 cans kidney beans, rinsed and drained
• 3 cups kale, chopped
• ½ cup whipping cream or plain yogourt
• Parmesan cheese, grated (optional for topping

What to do:

1. In a skillet, add oil and onion and garlic. Heat over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until onion is soft and lightly browned.
2. In a large pot, add vegetable broth, sweet potatoes, apples, spices. Let cook over medium heat until sweet potatoes are easily pierced with a fork.
3. Add the beans, and kale and let simmer over lower heat for another 15 minutes.
4. Stir in the whipping cream.
5. Enjoy.  Top with grated Parmesan if desired.