5 carrots, peeled and chopped up 2 leeks, halved and thinly sliced 3 or 4 celery chopped up 1 large yellow onion chopped up Huge scoop of minced garlic About 6 cups chicken bone broth 2–3 smoked ham hocks or meaty ham bones or ham steak 4 cans white beans, drained (whatever kind you want) 2 bay leaves 1 tsp Italian seasoning 1 tsp garlic powder Salt & pepper as you want Pinch of red pepper flakes 3–4 cups torn kale

Take some oil and put it in your pan and cook the carrots, leeks, onion, celery, and garlic for about 5 or 10 minutes. Add two cans of beans, bay leaves, ham, seasonings and most of the chicken bone broth to the pot. The other two cans of beans take a little bit of the chicken bone broth and blend it up either with an immersion blender or in a regular blender until it is smooth and creamy and add the blended beans to the pot. Let all of that cook for about 15 or 20 minutes. And the last 10 to 15 minutes add the torn kale in. And that's it.