Turkey Italian Sausage & Greens Soup

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb ground turkey (italian sausage style)
• 2 large carrots, shredded (to cook faster)
• 4 cups kale, chopped
• 3 cups chard leaves, chopped
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 cup sliced mushrooms
• 1 large fennel bulb, chopped
• 4 -6 cups broth (i use chicken or vegetable)
• 1 (16 ounce) can garbanzo beans
• 1 (16 ounce) can chopped tomatoes (optional)
• 4 cups fresh spinach

Recipe

• 1 -brown ground meat in large sauce pot (6 quart with a lid).
• 2 -turn heat to low and layer the following vegetables on top of meat according to cooking time: carrots, onions, fennel, kale, chard, mushrooms.
• 3 -place the lid on the pan and allow vegetables to steam for about 20 minutes; then, fill up the pot with enough broth to completely cover the vegetables, you can add tomatoes at this time.
• 4 -cook until the carrots and fennel are tender, then add rinsed and drained garbanzo beans.
• 5 -place the fresh spinach in the bottom of your serving bowl and spoon the soup on top. the spinach should stay green and be simply wilted. this gives the soup a fresher taste.