toscano soup

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 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

Recipe

• cook the bacon in a large dutch oven over medium heat. drain on a paper towel.
• crumble and set aside.
• remove the turkey italian sausage links from the casing and place in the dutch oven along with the diced onion.
• saute until the onion is soft and the sausage is cooked. add the garlic, stirring frequently for 45 seconds.
• add the chicken stock, milk, and potatoes.
• add swiss chard or kale along with the crushed red pepper, sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper to taste.
• cook on medium low for 15 minutes or until hot.
• ladle into soup bowls and garnish with crumbled bacon.