This fall and winter more than any others in the past, I’ve been a soup eating machine. When eating out, I keep going for the soup on the menu. At home, there have been countless lentil, tomato & spinach soup dinners, and then there have been some soup experimentations, like zucchini puree and tonight’s recipe: sweet potato, kale and pasta soup.
This soup has so much goodness in it – including antioxidants, iron, fiber, Vitamin K, B6, A, C and D, calcium, magnesium, potassium… and the list goes on. Let’s just say that it’s nutritious!
This recipe came about because I had a bag of tuscan kale about to be past its prime in my fridge. I decided that it would pair well with sweet potato and pasta in a soup. Celery, onion and basil came into the picture because they’re soup staples to me. This recipe was the first time I tried out Trader Joe’s 21 Seasoning Salute – which is a combo of ingredients, including celery seed, cayenne pepper, parsley, marjoram, bay leaf, oregano, rosemary, cumin, mustard, coriander, garlic, carrot, and orange peel – but if you don’t have this mix of spices in your kitchen or a TJ’s near you, just substitute your favorite seasonings in the soup instead.
I served the hearty soup with fresh toasted bread for dipping, and it was the perfect meal on a chilly night.
Sweet Potato, Kale & Pasta Soup
Ingredients
- 4 cups chopped kale
- 2 sweet potatoes peeled and diced
- 1 1/2 cups dry fusilli or other short shaped pasta
- 8 cups vegetable broth
- 1 stalk celery chopped
- 1/2 sweet yellow onion
- 2 TBSP chopped fresh basil
- 1 TBSP olive oil
- 1 TSP Trader Joe's 21 Seasoning Salute, optional
- 1/2 TSP salt plus more to taste
- 1/2 TSP pepper
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a deep pot over medium heat. Add the onion and sauté until lightly browned, about 7 minutes.
- Add the broth, sweet potatoes, basil, celery, 21 Seasonings Salute, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Add the pasta and kale, and cook for 15 minutes or until the pasta is tender.
- Season with more salt to taste.
- Spoon the soup into bowls and serve warm.
Nutrition
There’s always something comforting about a bowl of warm soup. I have minestrone soup on the menu for this weekend, and I’m pretty excited about it!
What’s your favorite kind of soup? Are you a sweet potato fan?
Another delicious soup recipe! It looks awesome. There’s nothing more comforting than a warm bowl of healthy soup with a piece of bread. Especially when it’s cold and rainy. Woo hoo for rain, by the way! 🙂
Agreed!! Ahh yes, WOOHOO for the rain indeed! I think this was the first weekend day that it rained since I moved here last March. Craziness!
I’ve been loving soup lately too. Minestrone is always my favorite!
My minestrone dinner last night was so yummy!
I love sweet potatoes and kale and pasta! FTW! I’m a huge fan of tomato soup and chili! I like fresh tomato soup, not that canned bologna!
Ooooh me too, I love a fresh hot tomato and basil soup. NOw that you said that, it may be the next soup on my list to make!
I have been drinking a ton of soup too. I think it’s the being dark at 4:45pm thing that really makes me feel like it’s winter because it’s definitely not the weather!
Haha yeah right! Although here in MH it has been way chillier at night and in the morning in fall/winter… but in SF the weather now probably isn’t all that different than summertime huh!