Green Vegan Stew

Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 63 min
Servings: 4
Yield: 4 servings

Description

Russian kale, Swiss chard, and mustard greens are simmered with lentils and nutritional yeast in this vegan stew that's packed with vitamins.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 small onion, diced
8 cups vegetable broth
1 cup lentils
2 cups chopped Russian kale, or more to taste
2 cups chopped Swiss chard, or more to taste
2 cups chopped mustard greens, or more to taste
1/2 cup nutritional yeast
1 tablespoon garlic powder
2 teaspoons thyme
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
salt to taste

Directions

1 Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion until soft, about 3 minutes. Pour in vegetable broth. Increase heat to high and bring broth to a boil. Add lentils. Reduce heat to medium and cook until soft, about 45 minutes.
2 Stir kale, Swiss chard, and mustard greens into the broth; simmer until tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir in nutritional yeast, garlic powder, thyme, pepper, and salt. Let soup cool, about 10 minutes.
3 Transfer soup to a blender; puree until smooth. Pour back into the pot and reheat, about 5 minutes.