Kale & Gnocchi Soup!

Sooooo this recipe happened a couple nights ago and was a serious HUGE HIT!!! Score for me!!! The even better part of this beauty is that it's QUICK and SIMPLE to make so DOUBLE SCORE!!!  I am really focused on getting back to cooking healthy meals for my family that are easy (especially with working full time) so this will definitely be one of our keepers.  The other point to make is this recipe is vegan but no one knows any different, so you don't have to worry about it tasting all weird or better yet having no FLAVOR!

Ingredients:

2 T - Olive Oil
1 medium onion, diced (I used purple)
2 medium carrots (I only had the little snacking carrots so I took a bunch of those and diced them up)
1 tsp - Salt
1/2 tsp - Red Pepper Flakes
1 clove garlic minced
48 oz - Vegetable Stock
1/8 tsp - Nutmeg
2 Bay Leaves
2 cups Unsweetened Almond Milk
4 cups chopped Kale
Salt & Pepper to taste

1 - Heat oil in pan over medium high heat. Saute onion, carrots, and salt until vegetables are soft

2 - While the vegetables are cooking, bring stock to a boil in a large soup pot.

3 - Add pepper flakes and garlic to the vegetable mixture and cook for about 30 seconds.

4 - Add vegetable mixture along with bay leaves to the stock pot.  Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer. Let simmer for about 8 mins or so.

5 - Add the almond milk and kale and continue to simmer for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.

6 - Add in the gnocchi. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes.

7 - Remove bay leaves and add salt & pepper to your taste.

Voila!!! That's it!!! Seriously DELISH! Give it a try on a cold winter's night and let me know how you like it!!! XO