Toscano Soup

Servings: 4
Yield: 4 servings

Description

If it's difficult to get your family to eat greens, they'll gobble them up in this potato-based soup featuring healthier turkey sausage and a garnish of crispy bacon.

Ingredients

1 (4 ounce) package Idahoan® Roasted Garlic Flavored Mashed Potatoes, dry
3 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
3 Italian turkey sausage links
1/2 onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
5 cups chicken stock
5 cups 2% milk
2 cups green Swiss chard or kale, chopped
Pinch of crushed red pepper, or to taste
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Directions

1 Cook the bacon in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Drain on a paper towel.
2 Crumble and set aside.
3 Remove the turkey Italian sausage links from the casing and place in the Dutch oven along with the diced onion.
4 Saute until the onion is soft and the sausage is cooked. Add the garlic, stirring frequently for 45 seconds.
5 Add the chicken stock, milk, and potatoes.
6 Add Swiss chard or kale along with the crushed red pepper, sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper to taste.
7 Cook on medium low for 15 minutes or until hot.
8 Ladle into soup bowls and garnish with crumbled bacon.