Tuscan Soup

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 6
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 276.7
  • Total Fat: 15.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 52.9 mg
  • Sodium: 804.7 mg
  • Total Carbs: 18.6 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 2.5 g
  • Protein: 16.1 g

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Introduction

A hearty soup with lovely Italian sausage, soft potatoes, and crunchy kale. A hearty soup with lovely Italian sausage, soft potatoes, and crunchy kale.
Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

    4 large links sweet or hot Italian Sausage
    4 cloves chopped garlic
    3 cups chopped kale
    1 cup chopped yellow onion
    1 cup diced russet potato
    4 cups chicken stock, home-prepared
    1 cup 1% milk

Directions

Remove casing from sausage and discard. Brown sausage in a soup pot, breaking it up into bite sized chunks. Remove sausage from pot when browned and set aside. Drain fat from pot, excepting 2 tbsp. Add chopped onion and garlic to the fat and sautee until onion is soft and garlic is fragrant. Add chopped potato and cover with chicken stock. Season with salt, pepper, and red pepper flake if desired. Bring to boil and reduce to simmer, and cook, covered, until potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes. Stir in chopped kale and let it wilt just slightly. Add sausage back to pot to rewarm. Remove from heat and stir in milk. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper as needed. Serve immediately. Serving Size: A good ladle and a half

Number of Servings: 6.0

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user RAINAFTERSNO.