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Kale, Bean, Potato Stew

This is a very simple and fast, but tasty recipe. We really liked it tonight and shared it with some friends at a makeshift library picnic. I used red potatoes instead of Yukon and added a little bit of vegetable broth to give it some depth but it is a great recipe if you follow it just on its own.

• 2 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 stalk celery, sliced
• 1 carrot, peeled and diced
• 8 ounces Yukon Gold potatoes, scrubbed and cut into 1-inch pieces
• Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
• 1 bunch kale, stems removed, leaves torn into small pieces (4 cups)
• 1 (15-ounce) can navy beans, drained and rinsed
• 2 teaspoons red-wine vinegar

1. Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Saute onion, celery, and carrot until tender, 6 to 8 minutes.
2. Add potatoes and 4 cups water. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil; reduce to a simmer. Cook until potatoes are tender, about 10 minutes. Mash half the contents of the pot until slightly thickened.
3. Add kale and beans and continue cooking until kale is tender, 6 to 8 minutes more.
4. Stir in vinegar and adjust seasoning if necessary. Drizzle with oil before serving.

Sopes

All Mexican dishes are great, but sopes might take the cake. They're real tasty and easy to make. 

Ingredients:

Sopes

-Maseca (Masa flour) 

-Water

-Salt

(Depending on how many you want to make, the amount of maseca, water, and salt will obviously change. just follow the same proportions to make tortillas on the back of the bag)

Toppings

-Chicken (boiled, shredded, and spiced with pepper, chili powder, and crushed red pepper)

-Lettuce (chopped)

-Refried Beans

-Crema Mexicana (It's like a mexican sour cream. you can buy it at any grocery store. But you can use sour cream if you want)

-Queso Fresco (Again, you can buy this at any grocery store. It's a crumbly cheese like fetta, but not so salty.)

-Tomato (chopped up into small pieces)

Procedure

Mix Sope dough. Make sure it turns out soft, and it helps to use warm water. Form the dough into small disks with edges pointing up. It will end up being like 5 inches in diameter and maybe a fourth an inch thick. Deep fry the sopes. 

Spread the refried beans and crema mexicans over the sope. then simply top with chicken, lettuce, tomato and the queso fresco. 

Eat and fall in love