Hearty Chick Pea And Greens Soup

• 3 cups cooked chick peas (alternatively use 2 14 to 15 ounce cans, drained and rinsed)
• 2 medium carrots, coarsely chopped
• 1 large onion, coarsely chopped
• 2 celery stalks, coarsely chopped
• 4 cloves garlic
• 3 Italian sausages (hot or mild) casings removed ( about 12 ounces)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 medium fresh tomatoes, seeded and diced
• 1 teaspoon fennel seed
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 8 cups chicken broth
• 5 cups baby spinach leaves
• 5 cups chopped collard greens which have been braised in water for 8 to 10 minutes
• 10 large fresh basil leaves, finely sliced
• 3/4 cup chopped flat leaf parsley
• Salt and pepper for reseasoning if necessary

1. Place the carrots, celery, onion,garlic and Italian sausage in the bowl of a food processor and pulse about 15 to 20 times until the mixture resembles a coarse paste.
2. Heat the oil in a large soup pot and add the processed mixture, the fennel seed, crushed red pepper, salt and black pepper. Cook, stirring frequently until the sausage loses its pink color and you can see the onions softening. Add the tomatoes and continue to cook until the tomato seems to disintegrate into the mixture and then add the chicken broth and chick peas, bring back to the boil and simmer for 10 to 15 minutesrnStir in the collards and spinach and continue to cook until the spinach wilts.rnStir in the basil and parsley and re season with salt and pepper if necessary.

chick peas, carrots, onion, celery stalks, garlic, italian sausages, olive oil, fresh tomatoes, fennel seed, red pepper, salt, black pepper, chicken broth, baby spinach, collard greens, basil, flat leaf parsley, salt

Taken from food52.com/recipes/14773-hearty-chick-pea-and-greens-soup (may not work)