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Spicy Sausage Soup

Ingredients:

6 bacon strips - chopped

1 large onion - 1 red pepper both chopped

5 -7 yellow potatoes chopped into bite size

4 garlic cloves - chopped

1 pound spicy Italian sausage- ground

1 teaspoon dried oregano

4 cups Swiss chard or kale - chopped

1 cup carrot greens- remove fromthick stems

4 cups chicken stock

1\2 cup heavy cream

Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Place large on medium heat, after pot is hot add chopped bacon cook for 10 minutes until brown remove from pot. Add onion and red pepper to bacon grease cook for 5 minutes until tender. Add sausage cook until brown, next add potatoes, garlic, oregano, salt and pepper stir and reduce heat to low. Pour in chicken stock let simmer for 15 minutes then after add carrot greens cook for 10 minutes add Swiss chard add cooked bacon and heavy cream simmer for 10-15 minutes

Serve with crusty bread