Recipe: Delicious Kale, Sausage & Leftover Mashed Potato Soup

Kale, Sausage & Leftover Mashed Potato Soup.

You can cook Kale, Sausage & Leftover Mashed Potato Soup using 15 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Kale, Sausage & Leftover Mashed Potato Soup

1. It's 1 of medium onion, chopped.
2. You need 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. It's 1/2 Tablespoon of oil.
6. You need 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. You need 6 cups of unsalted liquid (water or broth of choice).
9. You need 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. It's 1 of bay leaf.
13. Prepare 1 teaspoon of oregano.
14. You need 1/2 teaspoon of pepper.
15. Prepare 2 cups of leftover mashed potatoes.

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! :).