{"id":3781,"date":"2012-11-27T05:00:25","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T11:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=3781"},"modified":"2012-11-26T18:04:35","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T00:04:35","slug":"simple-food-white-bean-parmesan-and-chard-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=3781","title":{"rendered":"Simple Food: White Bean, Parmesan, and Chard Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8339\/8221430431_2776294266_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0002\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With Thanksgiving behind us and weather dropping into the 20&#8217;s at night, I decided to harvest almost all of the remaining chard that has given us 8 full months of greens. I might be wrong, but it probably won&#8217;t survive such cold nights for much longer. And after a bit of gluttony (way too much whipping cream and butter hidden in rich holiday dishes), we were craving something simple and light.<\/p>\n<p>With only five ingredients (six if you count the olive oil used to saut\u00e9 the garlic), this soup is simple, efficient, cheap, and nourishing. Whip this together for a hearty winter lunch with a hunk of crusty bread, or serve it in place of a salad before dinner.<\/p>\n<p>White Bean, Parmesan, and Chard Soup<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>12 small chard leaves (or 6 large)<\/li>\n<li>3 cloves garlic, smashed<\/li>\n<li>1 to 1 1\/2 cups cannellini beans<\/li>\n<li>2 to 3 cups chicken broth<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup freshly shaved parmesan cheese (use a high-quality cheese: it makes a difference with so few ingredients!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8485\/8221430701_fc96fa4262_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0003\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Remove tough stems on chard and discard. Slice leaves into thin ribbons and set aside. Heat 1 Tbsp olive oil in a pot over medium heat and add smashed garlic cloves. Cook until fragrant and tender, about 2 minutes (be careful not to burn the garlic or it will become bitter). Add broth, chard, and 1\/2 of the parmesan. Simmer for 20 minutes, until chard is tender and parmesan is melted.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.static.flickr.com\/8483\/8222506348_d7db421626_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0005\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Garnish with remaining parmesan, and serve immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Thanksgiving behind us and weather dropping into the 20&#8217;s at night, I decided to harvest almost all of the remaining chard that has given us 8 full months of greens. I might be wrong, but it probably won&#8217;t survive such cold nights for much longer. And after a bit of gluttony (way too much &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=3781\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Simple Food: White Bean, Parmesan, and Chard Soup&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[115,103,171],"class_list":["post-3781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","tag-garden","tag-recipes","tag-yummy-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3781"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3783,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3781\/revisions\/3783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}