Potato Kale Soup

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Thought about calling this kiss the cook soup, b/c after tasting hubby hugged me and told me how lucky he was to have me. lol!! Whenever i have a huge amount of kale leftover, i freeze it raw -- chopped--in one quart zip locks for a different day and works great for my next batch of soup. Estimate that 4 cups of kale equals 4 ounces and that one sausage link equals 4 ounces.

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Steps

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Wash and dry kale.

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Microwave bacon until crisp , set aside until end.

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In dutch oven , saut sausage and onion until sausage is brown , remove grease.

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Add garlic , potatoes , stock , fennel , black pepper , and red pepper flakes , bring to low boil , cover , and cook until potatoes are done , about 20 minutes.

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Meanwhile , remove ribs of kale and chop.

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Lower burner to low , remove with slotted spoon about 2 cups potatoes , roughly mash with fork , and stir back into pan.

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Stir in chopped kale , simmer about 4 minutes-- we like kale a bit chewy.

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Add half and half.

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Stir in crumbled bacon , serve.

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You can also put hot soup into bowl and add a tablespoon at a time of the half and half to each bowl', haven't tried yet in crockpot but assume it would work fine"]".

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Ingredients

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kale, turkey bacon, italian sausage, onion, garlic cloves, russet potatoes, sodium-free chicken stock, fennel seeds, black pepper, red pepper flakes, half-and-half