Green Kale Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 salty ham hock in large soup kettle
2 c. ground small leaf kale (more if you like)
2 medium onions, coarsely chopped
2 carrots, sliced
1/2 c. uncooked rice
sour cream or substitute
salt if needed

Preparation

Cover ham with
water;
cook
until
tender.
Add water whenever necessary. Add ground kale, onions, carrots and rice. Cook over low heat 1/2
to
1
hour, until kale is well cooked and blended.
If kale
is
at
all
tough,
do not add carrots until last half hour.
This soup must be salty to be good.