Winter Warmer Soup with Cavolo Nero and Pork

This Soup is totally delicious!  

In every sense of the word.

It is nourishing. It is simple to make. It looks good.

And it even satisfies the demands of a hungry meat eater boyfriend ?

Perfect!

So how did I discover this recipe?

I’d like to make out that this is a recipe that has been cooked by my family for generations. That is has deeper meaning. But that’s not the case at all.

It was just pot luck.

I had bought some Cavolo Nero (only because I was intrigued by its foreign name). On the other hand I was mighty scared by those huge dark leaves and, frankly, had no idea what to do with it.

After a few days of looking at the leaves guiltily (Why am I not eating them – greens are incredibly good for you, right!) I found myself hungry and “empty-fridged” in the kitchen, going through my options.

I knew if I was telling my boyfriend (JP) that I was making a soup with green leafy things, there was no chance he’d eat it (his fear of huge green leaves is even bigger than mine, I have you know).

So I had to act a little devious and disguise the Cavolo Nero – what better way than doing that in a soup?

Ain’t that looking innocent ?

It needed to be simple, as I didn’t feel like cooking at all.

And I wanted it to have a bit of protein in there to make it more filling.

Since JP’s mother had given us some slices of roast pork the night before I knew I could use that to mask the Cabbagy flavour in JP’s portion.

On the other hand I wanted to try out a meat free veggy version, too, though.

So I opted for cannellini beans, which worked beautifully, as it’s mild taste balanced out the rustic Cavolo flavour.

And once blended, you’re left with a filling thick soup that tastes absolutely gorgeous.

…and contains health boosting ingredients to boot.

This soup is also a great alternative if you can’t eat potatoes, because the cannellini beans give it a potatoey flavour.

Creamy, hearty, YUM!

Note for people on the Candida Diet:

This is a super soup – even for the initial stages of the candida diet when you’re not allowed potatoes or beans. You can easily leave out the beans and make yourself a quick & lovely soup just with leek, a bit of leftover roast meat or fish and a few leaves of Cavolo nero or Savoy Cabbage.

This is one of those soups that you eat and instantly feel comforted and rejuvenated!

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