Chickpea Soup

 Spicy Chickpea Soup. I'm not sure how this all works, but hopefully one day I will figure it out. Here is a recipe for my chickpea soup.

Spiced Chickpea Soup

1/2 lg. red onion-diced          2 tsp. minced garlic

2 Tbsp. olive oil                   2 tsp. gr. cumin

1 tsp. gr. cinnamon               1 tsp. ground ginger root

7 cups vegetable broth           1 small can diced tomatoes

2 sm. cans chickpeas              1 can black beans

1/2 tsp gr. red pepper              1/4 tsp. gr. black pepper

1 bunch de-stemmed & chopped kale (approx. 4 cups chopped)

1/4 tsp. curry                          1 tsp. salt

2 Tbsp. fresh chopped parsley

* In a large soup pot, sauté onion, ginger root, and garlic in oil for approx. 4 min.

* Add cumin, cinnamon and sauté for about 30 seconds.

* Add  broth, chick peas, black beans, kale, salt, black pepper, tomatoes,

red pepper(more or less depending on how spicy you like it), curry, and parsley.

* Bring to simmer for 10 min.  Serve hot.