Recipe: Tasty Kale, Sausage & Leftover Mashed Potato Soup

Kale, Sausage & Leftover Mashed Potato Soup. Kale sautéed with Italian sausage, onions, garlic and white beans. Quick and easy! "You've converted me into a kale lover," a friend declared after eating a hearty bowl of this kale with sausage. Sausage, kale, and potatoes give a creamy Italian-inspired soup a hearty, rich flavor.

Season with salt and pepper and serve with a drizzle of oil, Parmesan, and red pepper flakes. This soup is packed with nutrition from all the kale and protein packed cannellini beans (and the remaining veggies of course), then I love the depth of flavor the sausage adds. I see your kale salad and I raise you a kale soup. You can cook Kale, Sausage & Leftover Mashed Potato Soup using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Kale, Sausage & Leftover Mashed Potato Soup

1. Prepare 1 of medium onion, chopped.
2. It's 1 of large stem celery, chopped.
3. It's 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. You need 1/2 Tablespoon of oil.
6. It's 1 bunch of kale, washed well, stems removed, and rough chopped.
7. It's of optional: 4 cups arugula or spinach (I just happened to have arugula that needed to get used up).
8. Prepare 6 cups of unsalted liquid (water or broth of choice).
9. You need 1/2 Tablespoon of salt.
10. It's 1 pound of sausage, cut into bite sized pieces.
11. You need 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. Prepare 1 of bay leaf.
13. Prepare 1 teaspoon of oregano.
14. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of pepper.
15. You need 2 cups of leftover mashed potatoes.

Arrange onions, sausage, and kale on a serving plate, and place potatoes on top of onions. Sprinkle with chopped parsley, and serve with lemon half. Strip the kale leaves from their stems and tear the leaves into large pieces. Though kale probably originated in the dry heat of the Mediterranean, it became a fixture in the But having spent five winters in Provincetown, Mass., where the Portuguese eat their kale with sausage.

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! :).

THIS Smoked Sausage Kale and Potato Soup is everything! Kale, Sausage and Beans a.k.a The KSB Adapted from Bon Appetit. I just wanted to share this awesome, easy soup recipe with you guys. As I said, when Christina Millian posted this on her story. Just in time for fall, this dish combines juicy tomatoes with hearty whole-wheat pasta, sausage, and kale.