African Kale and Yam Soup

I decided to try a soup. The summer temperatures has not stabilized yet, so I feel like I needed something heart-warming and left over to freeze for another cold day. Often so, there are many Yam soups on Paleo blogs, so I felt I needed some kind of texture. Yams are a little sweet for my preference so I usually do not play around with Yams as a main dish that often.

We cheated when I made this meal, I tossed the items into the crock pot and headed out to Dragon Boat practice, expecting to be little wet and cold, the warm soup will help us warm up immediately once we got home.

Turns out, two of our friends had gotten new jobs, dropped the bombshell of a toast-dinner at a local brewery. We felt we had to go and support them for their hard search and finding a new career. We headed out to the brewery, I had to cheat by having a beer (though, I asked for a half-size and it was IPA). Unfortunately, living in one of Brewery Capitals, there are home-brewed beer everywhere. I realized that I could not always resort to wine or hard liquor when I'm socializing with Portlanders. I came to accept that beer will be always a flexible area for us, that we can drink every once in while (we used to like drinking beer often). I even fell to temptation when Juniper Rogue beer had been sold in a grocery store, it is my favorite and it is rarely sold in stores. I grabbed the 6 pack last month. And yes... I have been good. I have 3 bottles left which means that I only drank 3 bottles in the last month.

Anyway, Maks had ordered the full glass of Amber Ale beer, we decided to split a burger.

Upon arriving home, we were not hungry, but we grabbed a small bowl each of the soup. Spicy.

MEAT LOVER: Wow, what's that tangy taste?
GREENARIE: Definitely a Winter Soup.

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African Kale and Yam Soup
serves 4

1 small red onion, sliced thinly
1 cup water
2 cups vegetable or chicken broth
2 Yams, peeled and thickly diced
5 cups Kale, lightly chopped
1 teaspoon Cumin
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/2 teaspoon curry
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
    
1: Add all ingredients to the crock pot and mix everything up. Turn on to LOW for 5-7 hours.

Thank you DailyMeal!