Making Greens and Beans

I picked up a big beautiful bunch of rainbow Swiss Chard at the farmers market and immediately began craving Greens and Beans.

Yes, I know. Traditional 'Greens and Beans' is made with escarole. However, you can make it with whatever greens you have on hand and/or whatever is in season. I have made Greens and Beans with baby spinach, chard, kale and escarole. You know what? Every batch comes out delicious.

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The Recipe

This is such a simple recipe, but it's so good! And you can easily scale it up or down, depending on how many people you have to feed.

Ingredients

Big bunch of Greens - Swiss chard, Kale, Escarole, Spinach

1/2 of a large onion, diced

1-2 cloves of garlic, minced

1 box vegetable broth

2 cans cannellini beans, rinsed

1 cup water

1 tsp salt (more or less to taste)

Directions

1. Chop the onion, and sauté with olive oil in the bottom of your soup pot.

2. Once the onions are soft, add garlic to cook for just a minute. Be careful not to burn the garlic.

3. Chop greens and add to the pot. Stir around and allow greens to soften.

4. Add 1 cup water to the pot, cover, and allow greens to continue to wilt.

5. While greens are softening, use a blender, food processor, or magic bullet to puree 1 can of beans into a small amount of veggie broth.

6. Add pureed beans and remaining veggie broth to the soup pot and allow to heat through.

7. Once hot, add the remaining can of cannellini beans.

8. Serve and enjoy!

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