Sweet Potato and Sausage Soup / Super Easy / Delicious

sausage

🥗Healthier: turkey sausage

💰Cheaper: ground turkey

Turkey sausage is lower in fat and calories.

sweet potatoes

🥗Healthier: butternut squash

💰Cheaper: regular potatoes

Butternut squash provides similar sweetness with fewer calories.

kale

🥗Healthier: spinach

💰Cheaper: collard greens

Spinach is more tender and cooks faster.

vegetable broth

🥗Healthier: homemade broth

💰Cheaper: water with seasonings

Homemade broth can be lower in sodium.

Peel and clean sweet potatoes, then cut them into bite-sized pieces.

Set the sweet potatoes aside.

Add olive oil to a dutch oven.

Add italian sausage to the dutch oven and break it into pieces as it cooks.

Cook the sausage until browned.

Pour in chicken broth and stir.

Add italian seasoning, salt, and black pepper, then stir again.

Bring the mixture to a boil by turning up the heat.

Once boiling, reduce the heat to low and let it cook for about 30 minutes.

Check if the potatoes are fork tender.

Add clean spinach and stir until it wilts.

Turn off the heat and serve the soup.

Cooking Techniques

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