Kale Soup – Almost No Meat

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Yes, that’s right. Glory be! THERE’S NO MEAT !!!! Not only that, it’s spiffy good.


Oddly enough, the less you do to this soup the better. Dice up two good sized potatoes. You want them less than bite size. There seems to be a few carrots in this shot, why? I don’t know, carrots don’t belong in the soup. Ignore those little suckers. Then dice up an onion. You’ll also need a quart or two of organic/natural/home made chicken broff with a Bunch of Kale, any kind of Kale will do. WASH the Kale, you’d be damned surprised at how many worms and related can hide within the folds of Kale.


Lightly brown the taters in Lard. (lard and chicken broff, that’s the closest I can get to a vegetarian meal). Here is where you can adjust the richness of the soup. The more you brown, the darker and richer the broth will be. I usually run a medium brown on the tates. Then toss in the onions and get them at least translucent.
Grind in some black pepper, or white pepper.

Add the broff, Kale and simmer for 20 minutes or so. Salt & Pepper to taste.
I also suggest you add two pats of butter. Since there is no meat, the fat in the butter really helps.

Try it, and you’ll be making it on a regular basis.

5 thoughts on “Kale Soup – Almost No Meat”

  2. Now, at last you offer something even “I” can make and not screw up! This soup is scrumptious! Hey, if anyone out there is shouting about no meat, let ’em add an omelet or some proper cheese sliced into nice servings to satisfy that protein craving. Either one goes nicely with the soup! Personally, I prefer the cheese slices.

  3. NO LARD ???? Egads, the thought. Yeah, but I would use peanut or something. Olive oil burns too quickly with browning of taters. You need something with a smoking point above olive oil. Hey, grapeseed oil would be the way to go.

  5. You could use olive oil, but you won’t get the same warm feeling in your belly that lard or butter gives you. Aside from that, Dr. Biggles is right, peanut oil is the best substitute for the high-smoking point and FLAAAAAAAVOR. Low fat ain’t nuthin’ without FLAAAAAAAVOR.