Ribollita (Tuscan Peasant Soup) - Litchfield Farmers' Market

Ingredients

• ½ cup olive oil
• 1 carrot diced
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 celery stalk, diced
• 3 fresh or canned plum tomatoes, peeled
• 2 potatoes, skin on, coarsely chopped
• 1 sprig of fresh thyme
• 7 ½ cups Tuscan kale, shredded
• 1 cup white cannellini beans (if dried, soak overnight in water and drain)
• 4 thick slices country bread