Potatoes, collard greens and kidney beans make this vegan caldo verde hearty and nourishing. Serve up this delicious soup with rye bread for a satisfying dinner.
The post Vegan Caldo Verde (Portuguese Green Soup) appeared first on Holy Cow Vegan.

Potatoes, collard greens and kidney beans make this vegan caldo verde hearty and nourishing. Serve this delicious soup with rye bread for a satisfying dinner.

The perfect soup should be hearty, nourishing and incredibly delicious, like this garlicky white bean soup or vegan potato soup. Now here's one more soup to fall in love with: a vegan caldo verde.

[feast_advanced_jump_to]

What is caldo verde"

Caldo verde is a popular Portuguese soup made with potatoes and greens. The greens used are typically a local cruciferous leafy green called couve galega. It is a variety of kale that looks and tastes a lot like collard greens. You can make caldo verde with other greens, like kale and spinach.
Despite its promising name (which translates to "green broth" or "green soup" in Portuguese), caldo verde is not vegan: a fact I discovered the old-fashioned way on a ride back from the headily beautiful city of Porto. We stopped in the beach town of Nazaré, known for its 100-foot waves, late at night, and stumbled into the only restaurant that was open. It was a lovely little place filled with locals and the most beautifully tiled bathrooms I've ever seen. But there was nothing vegetarian on the seafood-ri...