Fry the onion in a pan

Add the vegan mince/sausage meat with a generous sprinkle of Spicy Italian seasoning and fry until a little brown

Add onions and mince to your slow cooker along with all the other slow cooker ingredients, mix, cover and cook on high for 3 hours or on low for 6 to 8 hours - I highly recommend the slow setting, it cooks a lot better with deeper flavours.

15 minutes before the end, stir in the shopped kale to soften

Once cooked, stir in the basil

Add the silken tofu to a blender along with some big scoops of the veg from the slow cooker to blitz and make the a thick creamy sauce - you can can add more of less veg depending on how you like your soup consistency - I like mine think

Add the blitz sauce back into the slow cooker and mix. If you like your soup even thicker you can take a potato masher and just mash some of the chickpeas and potatoes a little more in the slow cooker. Stir.

Serve up! You can add some toppers such as spring onion, mixed nuts and seeds, cajun spice, Vegan cheddar/Parmesan cheese. And serve with some warm bread or garlic bread!
ENJOY!