Ingredients

veggie broth
yellow onion, thinly sliced
kale, roughly chopped
garlic, minced/crushed
carrot, thinly sliced
cannellini beans, canned (drained & rinsed) or pre-cooked
optional: dumplings or noodles of choice (ex. tteok/rice cakes for tteokguk, gnocchi, rice stick noodles, gluten-free pasta), precooked if desired
salt and pepper, seasoned salt, or desired seasonings

Method

1. Heat a pot over medium to medium-high heat (depending on your stovetop).
2. Add onions and kale to pot, along with about 1/4 cup of your veggie broth to help these cook down (you can alternatively add 1-2 tbsp of oil here if you would like to add more colour to the cooking veggies). Season slightly with desired seasonings.
3. When onions are translucent and kale is darker green and slightly softened, mix in garlic.
4. When garlic is golden in colour OR you producing an appealing smell, add in carrots, veggie broth, and seasonings (careful not to over season here, you can always add more later!). Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally to make sure nothing is overheating on the bottom.
5. When soup is at a boil, add in cannellini beans. Add in precooked noodles or dumplings, or cook in the soup directly (If item is quick-cooking, ~1 minute cook time, and doesn’t release too much starch when cooking, these are okay cooking directly in the soup. Starchier/longer cook-time items are better precooked as they can change the flavour and consistency of the broth).
6. Give the broth a taste for seasoning (careful, it’s hot!) and season to taste as needed.

Notes:

1. I have not included amounts of each ingredient for this recipe as I find that soup always turns out best when you go by feel/preference and use up the ingredients that you have. This also gives room to make a tiny pot of soup for one, or a massive pot of soup for many.
2. Are there other seasonal veggies and beans that you love and want to use up? Add them in! As always, when you use ingredients that you think are delicious, the dish will be much more likely to be delicious for you. Plus, soup is the best dish to experiment with since it’s so easy and forgiving.
   If you use more hardy veggies (such as thick cut root veggies) you may just need to cook for a longer time.