Hearty Sweet Potato Kale Soup

This sweet potato kale soup features black beans and is flavored with cumin and lime; it’s a hearty gluten-free and vegan soup recipe.

This post was created in partnership with ALDI. All opinions are our own.

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: soups on repeat in the winter months. When we talk to people about getting started with cooking healthier foods at home, soup is generally where we start. Why? Soups are a tasty, easy way to eat a ton of vegetables without realizing it, and they’re simple to put together. Keep reading for this hearty sweet potato kale soup.

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How to make sweet potato kale soup

This sweet potato kale soup combines ingredients we use quite a bit in our cooking in a new way. It’s a vaguely Mexican stew, with black beans thrown in and flavored with oregano, cumin, and just enough lime juice so that it pops. Sliced green onions stirred in at the end of cooking keep it tasting fresh, and with sliced radish and a dollop of Greek yogurt as a garnish, it’s a delicious way to load up on nutrients. (Want more ideas? Here are some of our favorite soup recipes.)

We developed this sweet potato kale soup recipe using ingredients available through our partner, ALDI, who is committed to carrying better-for-you ingredients and expanding their organic product offerings. ALDI’s new Hello, Healthy blog has healthy living resources including recipes, tips, meal plans, videos, and eating guides. ALDI is working to source healthy ingredients that are easy to find and easy on your budget. We’re happy to be a part of this effort and hope you’ll head over and check out their new online resource!

Related: 12 Best Kale Recipes

Video: How to cut kale

Are you wondering how to stem kale or chop kale for this sweet potato kale soup? Alex and I have toyed with various methods over the years, but we’ve finally ended up with one that is slick and simple. We use this method all the time, like when we make this soup, or another soup like our Tuscan soup with white beans and kale. Using this method changed the game for us, and we hope it will for you too! Here’s our step by step guide for how to cut kale, including a video of me cutting kale in our kitchen.

Related: 20 Knife Skills Videos: How to Cut Everything!

Make it a meal

Serve this sweet potato kale soup with bread or a green salad for a hearty meal.

This recipe is…

This hearty sweet potato kale soup recipe is vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, plant based, dairy free, naturally sweet, and refined sugar free.

Looking for more healthy and easy soup recipes?

Outside of this healthy sweet potato kale soup, here are a few of our favorite delicious healthy and easy soup recipes:

• Moroccan Cauliflower Soup
• Cozy Farro & Brussels Sprouts Soup
• Tomato Sage Chickpea Soup
• Red Lentil Soup
• Tuscan Soup with Beans & Kale
• Golden Vegetable Soup Recipe
• Instant Pot Wild Rice Soup Recipe
• Vegetarian Tortilla Soup
• Butternut Squash Lentil Soup with Kale
• Cauliflower Soup with Moroccan Spices

Related: Try using our Homemade Vegetable Broth for this recipe!

Hearty Sweet Potato Kale Soup

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(10 votes, average: 4.80 out of 5)

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• Author: a Couple Cooks
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 35 mins
• Yield: 6 1x

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This sweet potato kale soup features black beans and is flavored with cumin and lime; it’s a hearty gluten-free and vegan soup recipe.

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Ingredients

• 1 large yellow onion
• 4 medium garlic cloves
• 1 15-ounce can SimplyNature Organic Black Beans
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cumin
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon cayenne (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher or sea salt
• 1 pound sweet potatoes (3 cups cubed)
• 1 quart (4 cups) SimplyNature Organic Vegetable Broth
• 4 cups chopped SimplyNature Organic Kale (about 3 ounces)
• 3 green onions
• 2 radishes, thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 6 tablespoons Friendly Farms plain Greek yogurt, as a garnish (optional)
• Hot sauce (optional)

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Instructions

1. Dice the onion. Mince the garlic. Dice the sweet potato. Drain and rinse the beans.
2. In a large pot or Dutch oven, heat the olive oil over medium high heat. Add the onions and sauté 4 minutes, until translucent. Reduce the heat to medium, add the garlic, oregano, cumin, garlic powder, black pepper, and cayenne (optional), and sauté for 30 seconds. Stir in the sweet potatoes, then add the vegetable broth, beans, and kosher sea salt and bring to a simmer.
3. Once boiling, reduce to a simmer and simmer 15 minutes until the sweet potato is tender. While simmering, roughly chop the kale. Thinly slice the green onions and radishes.
4. When the sweet potatoes are tender, remove from the heat and stir in the kale, green onions, and lime juice. Allow to cool slightly before serving. Taste, and if desired add additional kosher sea salt to taste. Serve garnished with radishes, a small dollop of Greek yogurt (optional), and hot sauce.

• Category: Main Dish
• Method: Stovetop
• Cuisine: Latin

Keywords: Soup, Vegan Soup, Vegetarian Soup, Gluten Free, Vegetarian, Vegan, Sweet Potato, Kale, Black Beans, Black Bean Soup, Sweet Potato Soup

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Sonja Overhiser

Cookbook Author and writer

Sonja Overhiser is author of Pretty Simple Cooking, named one of the best healthy cookbooks of 2018. She’s host of the food podcast Small Bites and founder of the food blog A Couple Cooks. Featured from the TODAY Show to Bon Appetit, Sonja seeks to inspire adventurous eating to make the world a better place one bite at a time.

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Alex Overhiser

Cookbook Author and photographer

Alex Overhiser is an acclaimed food photographer and author based in Indianapolis. He’s host of the food podcast Small Bites and founder of the recipe website A Couple Cooks. Featured from the TODAY Show to Bon Appetit, Alex is author of Pretty Simple Cooking, named one of the best vegetarian cookbooks by Epicurious.

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