potato-kale soup with gruyere

Ingredients For potato-kale soup with gruyere

• 2 Tbsp

  butter
• 1 1/2 c

  finely chopped onion
• 1

  garlic clove, minced
• 7 c

  fat-free, low sodium chicken broth (or can use vegetable broth)
• 4 c

  coarsely chopped, peeled yukon gold potatoes (about 1 1/3 lbs)
• 1/4 tsp

  salt
• 1

  bay leaf
• 6 c

  chopped fresh kale (stems removed), about 3/4 pound
• 1 tsp

  dried basil
• 9 Tbsp

  shredded gruyere cheese (about 2 oz.)