Toscano Soup

If it's difficult to get your family to eat greens, they'll gobble them up in this potato-based soup featuring healthier turkey sausage and a garnish of crispy bacon.

• Calories: 435 Calories

Ingredients

• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 5 cups chicken stock
• ½ onion, diced
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 1 (4 ounce) package Idahoan® Roasted Garlic Flavored Mashed Potatoes, dry
• 3 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
• 3 Italian turkey sausage links
• 5 cups 2% milk
• 2 cups green Swiss chard or kale, chopped
• Pinch of crushed red pepper, or to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Cook the bacon in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Drain on a paper towel.

Step 2

Crumble and set aside.

Step 3

Remove the turkey Italian sausage links from the casing and place in the Dutch oven along with the diced onion.

Step 4

Saute until the onion is soft and the sausage is cooked. Add the garlic, stirring frequently for 45 seconds.

Step 5

Add the chicken stock, milk, and potatoes.

Step 6

Add Swiss chard or kale along with the crushed red pepper, sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper to taste.

Step 7

Cook on medium low for 15 minutes or until hot.

Step 8

Ladle into soup bowls and garnish with crumbled bacon.