KALE, LENTIL AND CHICKEN SAUSAGE SOUP

KALE, LENTIL AND CHICKEN SAUSAGE SOUP image

Number Of Ingredients 7

Kale (or other dark leafy green)
.5-1.0 # bulk italian chicken sausage or 2-3 links
2 c lentils (Trader Joe's already cooked)
1 small yellow onion
3 boxes chicken broth
1/2 - 1 C of small pasta such as orzo
1 Tbs olive oil

Steps:

1. Wash kale. Cut out out fibrous center rib. Stack leaves and roll up. Cut into strips. 2. Dice onion 3. Remove casing from sausage if links 4. pour Olive oil into large stock pot. 5. Add onion. Cook until translucent. If onion starts to stick, add a little water. 6. Add sausage and saute until almost done. 7. Turn up heat, add chicken broth and scrape up all the bits of sausage and onion off the bottom of the pot. 8. Add kale and simmer 5-minutes. 9. Add pasta and cook according to directions on box. 10. When pasta is 1-2 minutes from being done, add lentils.Cook until warmed through. 11. Take off heat. Serve with fresh, crusty bread