RECIPE FOR ITALIAN POTATO SOUP

So, this weekend when I was buying my veggies, I bought a 10 lb. bag of potatoes. It was only $2, and I need some potatoes, so I had to get it.

So, when I got home and while I was making some baby food, I decided I would make some Italian Potato Soup. The recipe is a lot like the Potato Soup you find at a certain chain Italin restaurant that I worked at in college. Enjoy!

-1 lb Mild or Hot Ground Italian Sausage (I used pork, but you could very easily use chicken sausage and just add a little extra crushed red pepper if you like spicy food)
-1 Onion diced
-2 or 3 medium unpeeled potatoes - thinly sliced
-2 tbs crushed red pepper (more or less to taste)
-1 tbs minced garlic
1 cup heavy cream
3 - 4 cups milk (whatever kind you like is fine)
1 small bunch of Kale

Brown the italian sausage over medium heat in a large pot (large enough to fit all of the ingredients for the soup). Do NOT drain the sausage - you will need the oil for sauteeing the remaining items. When the sausage is nearly finished browning, add the diced onion to the pot. Add the minced garlic. Let both cook down until the onions are translucent.

After the sausage is completely cooked through, add the crushed red pepper, milk and heavy cream. Slowly heat the milk and heavy cream. When all ingredients are warm, add the thinly sliced potatoes.

Let the soup simmer until the potatoes are cooked through.

While the soup is simmering, wash the kale and remove it from it's stalky vein. Break up the kale into smaller, bite size pieces. When the soup is hot and potatoes are cooked through, add the kale to the pot.

Let the kale cook down a little (about 5 - 10 minutes) to remove the bitterness. After the kale has cooked down, serve and enjoy!!