Tuscan White Bean Soup

Ingredients

• 2 cups dried white beans, soaked over night in water
• 3 tablespoons Tuscanini Olive Oil
• 1 large yellow onion, diced
• 2 carrots, peeled and diced
• 3 teaspoons kosher salt (divided)
• 1 teaspoon coarse black pepper
• 3-4 large cherry tomatoes, halved
• 2-3 sprigs thyme
• 1/3 cup Tuscanini White Cooking Wine
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 8 cups water or stock (I used half water, half stock)
• 2 cups kale, stems removed
• lemons
• Parmesan (optional)
• Tuscanini Olive Oil
• pepper
• croutons