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By washingtonpost.com
Tuscan Bean and Kale Soup
This dish to illustrates the Platonic ideal of a chunky soup, as opposed to the other two categories — brothy and smooth.
Updated at: Sun, 09 Nov 2025 15:08:02 GMT
Nutrition balance score
Great
Glycemic Index
34
Low
Glycemic Load
14
Moderate
Nutrition per serving
Calories267.5 kcal (13%)
Total Fat5.8 g (8%)
Carbs42.4 g (16%)
Sugars10.2 g (11%)
Protein15.5 g (31%)
Sodium874.9 mg (44%)
Fiber14.5 g (52%)
% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Ingredients
6 servings
extra-virgin olive oil
2 ouncespancetta
or bacon, diced, optional
1yellow onion
medium, diced
2celery stalks
diced
1 cupcarrots
medium, peeled and diced
2bay leaves
kosher salt
or fine sea
freshly ground black pepper
2garlic cloves
thinly sliced
2 cupscanned tomatoes
crushed, or fresh, in their juice
3 cupsbeans
cooked, such as cannellini, corona or borlotti beans, cooking liquid reserved, from about 1 cup
1 ounceparmesan cheese
freshly grated, divided, rind reserved
3 cupschicken broth
or water
2 buncheslacinato kale
stemmed and thinly sliced
0.5 headgreen cabbage
or savoy, core removed and thinly sliced
Instructions
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Makes leftovers
