Easiest Way to Cook Yummy Kale, Sausage & Leftover Mashed Potato Soup

Kale, Sausage & Leftover Mashed Potato Soup. We used curly kale for this recipe, but you could use any kale, as well as chard, turnip greens, beet greens, or collards. I sauteed the sausage first so my kale would not be quite so wilted. I took the sausage out and sauteed the onion in the frond and tossed in a clove of finely chopped garlic with about a minute to go on softening the onion.

Add sausage, potatoes, kale, and mushrooms to the stockpot. Add half-and-half and season with salt and pepper. Check out my other kale recipes: Kale Salad with Warm Andouille Sausage. You can have Kale, Sausage & Leftover Mashed Potato Soup using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Kale, Sausage & Leftover Mashed Potato Soup

1. It's 1 of medium onion, chopped.
2. It's 1 of large stem celery, chopped.
3. Prepare 3 of medium carrots, cut into 1/4" thick discs (or however you like to chop carrots for soup).
4. You need 4 cloves of garlic, peeled and smashed.
5. Prepare 1/2 Tablespoon of oil.
6. It's 1 bunch of kale, washed well, stems removed, and rough chopped.
7. Prepare of optional: 4 cups arugula or spinach (I just happened to have arugula that needed to get used up).
8. You need 6 cups of unsalted liquid (water or broth of choice).
9. Prepare 1/2 Tablespoon of salt.
10. Prepare 1 pound of sausage, cut into bite sized pieces.
11. Prepare 4 of tomatoes, chopped or one 15 oz. can diced tomatoes (I just happened to have fresh ones that were starting to get wrinkly...).
12. You need 1 of bay leaf.
13. You need 1 teaspoon of oregano.
14. You need 1/2 teaspoon of pepper.
15. It's 2 cups of leftover mashed potatoes.

Cook the pasta according to the package instructions. Drain and set aside, reserving the water. The sausage and bacon in this creamy kale and sausage soup give it a wonderful savory flavor, while the potatoes add just a bit of healthy starchy carb content, the cream a touch of richness, and lemon juice adds a bright acidity that really lets the flavors sing. If you have a household full of kale-haters, this soup is the PERFECT way to.

Kale, Sausage & Leftover Mashed Potato Soup instructions

1. In a 4 to 5 quart pot, bring 1/2 Tablespoon oil up to medium heat and sweat onions, carrots, celery, and garlic until onions start to turn translucent. (About 3 minutes or so.).
2. Add kale, arugula, liquid, salt, and cook, covered, for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally..
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5. Once kale has wilted, add tomatoes, sausage, bay, and oregano and cook, COVERED, for another 15 minutes, stirring occasionally..
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7. Add mashed potatoes and cook COVERED again for another 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Before the last 10 minutes of cooking, adjust seasoning if needed..
8. Enjoy! :).

Squeeze a lemon over the top of the dish and serve. *If the kale overcrowds the pan, remove the potato sausage mixture and sauté the kale by itself before adding everything back to the skillet. This super fast Sausage and Kale Skillet is a flavorful and hearty weeknight dinner. Add pasta to stretch it even further. Add kale, beans, tomatoes, carrots, onion, garlic, seasonings and stock to slow cooker. Add to the pan along with the spices and bay leaf.