ecoLIVING London

This has quickly become one of my fav comfort food recipes of the season. Kale is still available at the Eco Logic booth - Covent Garden Farmers Market this Thursday! 

1 medium sized onion, chopped
1-3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped (depending on how you like it)
2 sausages, chopped (I used a spicy chirizo cause it gives great flavour)
1 can of white beans
1 can diced tomatoes
2 tetra packs of organic chicken stock
1 bunch of kale, torn into bite sized pieces
olive oil
salt and pepper, to taste
parmesan cheese, freshly grated

Heat oil in a large soup pot. Add and sautee onions until translucent. Add sausage, cook for a few minutes and then add garlic. Once these have had a minute to mix and mingle in the pot, add the stock, beans and tomatoes, increase the heat - as you will want to bring it to a gentle simmer. Add a few peppercorns for flavour. Taste test to see if it is ready for salt or if you need to kill the acidity with a bit of brown sugar or maple syrup etc.. Let it sit on a low simmer for a few minutes to meld the flavours. Then add the kale a few minutes before you are ready to eat it - to keep the fresh bright green colour/flavour. Serve with a crusty bun and some fresh grated parm on top.  

Make it vegetarian by swapping out the chicken for veggie stock and leaving out the sausage:). 

Tiffany Roschkow is the Founder and Executive Director of ecoLIVING London. She can be reached via email at tiffany [at] ecolivinglondon [dot] org">tiffany [at] ecolivinglondon [dot] org.