Meatless Monday Vegetarian Chicken-Free Noodle Soup

• 1 large onion, diced
• 4 stalks celery, sliced
• 6 large carrots, sliced
• 1 (14 ounce) can great northern beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 cup kale, chopped
• 5 teaspoons better than boullion no chicken base
• 12 ounces reames frozen egg noodles
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon sage
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 12 cups water

1. Saute onion, carrot and celery for a few minutes in a bit of water until they just begin to soften. (This step can be omitted if you cook it longer in the crock pot).
2. Add the vegetables, plus all other ingredients except noodles to crock pot, cook on high for 3.5 hours. Add noodles for remaining 30 minutes or until tender and cooked through.

onion, stalks celery, carrots, great northern beans, kale, better, egg noodles, bay leaves, sage, thyme, black pepper, water

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/meatless-monday-vegetarian-chicken-free-noodle-soup-515767 (may not work)