{"id":39313,"date":"2013-10-21T17:23:25","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T21:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodloverr.com\/?p=39313"},"modified":"2013-10-21T17:23:25","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T21:23:25","slug":"kale-and-white-bean-soup-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodloverr.com\/kale-and-white-bean-soup-2\/","title":{"rendered":"White Bean Soup with Kale and Bacon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/foodloverr.com\/files\/2013\/10\/2273dded9325b954ae86196b60faff75.jpg\" \/>I really enjoy making soups and this one was no exception. It is really healthy and has some bacon in it because everyone, including me, loves bacon. Like any soup you can leave out ingredients if you don&#8217;t like them so ditch the bacon if you are on a real health kick. This soup was so delicious I made double helpings, ate it three nights in a \u00a0row and stored some in my freezer. Yes it really is that good. If you have never had kale before now is a great time to start. Kale is very low in calories, full of fibre and has zero fat in it. It is also high in iron , full of vitamins and great for your cardiovascular system. You really should be eating as much kale as you can and if youa re interested in more information about kale please check out this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/0-4408\/Top-10-Health-Benefits-of-Eating-Kale.html\">link<\/a>.<br \/>\n<div id=\"pressrelease-link-39313\" class=\"sh-link pressrelease-link sh-hide\"><a href=\"#\" onclick=\"showhide_toggle('pressrelease', 39313, 'Show Me The Recipe Please', ''); return false;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span id=\"pressrelease-toggle-39313\">Show Me The Recipe Please<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"pressrelease-content-39313\" class=\"sh-content pressrelease-content sh-hide\" style=\"display: none;\"> <\/p>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>2 Tbs olive oil<\/li>\n<li>1 large onion, diced<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 Tbs garlic, diced<\/li>\n<li>2 large bunches of kale, chopped<\/li>\n<li>2 quarts of chicken (or veggie) broth<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups of shredded parmesan or fontina cheese (or a blend)<\/li>\n<li>2 15 oz cans of cannellini (white) beans<\/li>\n<li>1 Tbs dry rosemary, crushed<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp red pepper flakes<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp salt + more to taste<\/li>\n<li>black pepper to taste<\/li>\n<li>bacon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Directions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Heat olive oil in the bottom of a large pot over medium-high heat<\/li>\n<li>Add diced onion and cook (stirring occasionally) for about 2 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Add garlic and cook for another 2 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Add the chopped kale and stir well. Cook until the kale has shrunk by about 75% (10-15 mins).<\/li>\n<li>Add the stock and bring to a rolling boil<\/li>\n<li>Turn the heat down to a simmer and add the white beans, rosemary, salt, red pepper flakes, and black pepper<\/li>\n<li>Cook soup at a simmer for about 10 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Stir in the cheese and cook the soup for another 5 minutes or until the kale is tender<\/li>\n<li>Crisp up some bacon in a pan while the soup is simmering<\/li>\n<li>Once the bacon is crispy, cut it up into small pieces<\/li>\n<li>Dish your soup into a bowl and stir in your bacon pieces just before serving<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p> <\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really enjoy making soups and this one was no exception. It is really healthy and has some bacon in it because everyone, including me, loves bacon. Like any soup you can leave out ingredients if you don&#8217;t like them so ditch the bacon if you are on a real health kick. This soup was &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/foodloverr.com\/kale-and-white-bean-soup-2\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">White Bean Soup with Kale and Bacon<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodloverr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39313"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodloverr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodloverr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodloverr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodloverr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodloverr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodloverr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodloverr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodloverr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}