From Victoria's Kitchen

Nothing makes a perfect home more perfect than a Kadbanoo and her home-made food that is prepared with love and care on the table.

Persian Chicken Kale SoupKale is in the family of cabbages and is full of good nutrients for those who like to eat healthy. Kale can provide you with some special cholesterol-lowering benefits if you will cook it by steaming. The fiber-related components in kale do a better job of binding together with bile acids in your digestive tract when they've been steamed. When this binding process takes place, it's easier for bile acids to be excreted, and the result is a lowering of your cholesterol levels.

Ingredients
1 cup canned kidney beans, cooked
1 cup chopped cooked chicken
1 large bunch kale, rinsed, stemmed, and chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 pound spicy linguica sausage, sliced (If you do not like sausage, use small meatballs.)
1 cup chopped shallots or red onions
4 cups organic chicken broth
salt and pepper to taste
one teaspoon tomato sauce
1/2 teaspoon hot sauce or to taste
half cup chopped fresh parsley
Persian noodles for Ash (Optional -- You can use angel-hair spaghetti instead.)

4 chopped cloves of garlic
Directions
Bring a separate pot of salted water to a boil. Add the kale and simmer until kale is bright green and tender, about 2 minutes. Drain in a strainer and cool under cold running water. Set aside.
Heat olive oil over medium heat in the soup pot. Brown the linguica slices on each side, about 5 minutes. Remove from the pot with a slotted spoon and set aside. Add shallots to pot and cook until soft, about 3 minutes. Pour in a splash of chicken broth and scrape up any browned bits of sausage.
Return the sausage to the pot along with the beans and their canned liquid. Also, add the cooked shredded chicken to the pot. Stir in the chicken broth. Bring soup to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer uncovered for 15 minutes. Add the kale and cook about 4 minutes longer. Add the garlic and let it simmer 5 minutes.
Add the noodles and chopped parsley and let it simmer for 20 more minutes.
 Season with salt, pepper, and hot sauce to taste.

Nothing makes a perfect home more perfect than a Kadbanoo and her home-made food that is prepared with love and care on the table. Enjoy the season.
Lots of love to all my readers,
Victoria