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Potato Soup With Sausage
Ingredients
- 1 medium onion, thinly sliced
- 1 ½ lb Yukon gold potatoes
- ½ lb chicken (or turkey) Italian sausage (2 links)
- 1 (48-oz) box reduced-sodium chicken broth
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
- 4 cups chopped kale greens (about 8 oz)
- ½ cup heavy cream
Prep
- Slice onion. Halve potatoes, then slice thinly.
- Remove casing from sausage (wash hands).
Steps
- Preheat large stock pot on medium 2-3 minutes. Place sausage in pan; brown 5-7 minutes, stirring to crumble meat, or until no pink remains.
- Stir in onions; cook 1-2 minutes or until onions are softened. Stir in potatoes, broth, salt, seasoning, and kale; cook and stir 12-15 minutes or until potatoes are tender.
- Puree soup lightly using stick blender (or potato masher) until smooth. Stir in cream; serve.
Pumpkin Cookie Cakes
Ingredients
- Cooking spray
- 1 egg (or ¼ cup egg substitute)
- 1 cup canned pumpkin
- ⅔ cup canned dulce de leche caramel
- 1 (24-ct) package refrigerated sugar cookie dough
Steps
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Lightly coat 24-cup mini muffin pan with spray. Whisk egg in medium bowl until blended; stir in pumpkin and caramel until evenly mixed.
- Separate cookie dough, placing one square in each cup of muffin pan. Press dough evenly, using fingertips, into bottom of cup and up sides to form a crust.
- Fill each cup with about 1 teaspoon of pumpkin mixture. Bake 25 minutes or until crust is golden. Cool 10 minutes in pan; turn out with a fork and serve. (Makes 24 mini-cakes.)
Serving Suggestions
Complete your meal with fresh salad blend and crusty bread.
You will have enough pumpkin and dulce de leche caramel left to make a second batch of cookie cakes. Just be sure to pick up an extra package of cookie dough for the crust.
Potato Soup With Sausage
Amount per ⅛ recipe serving: Calories 180, Total Fat 7g, Chol 40mg, Sodium 740mg, Total Carb 20g, Fiber 2g, Calc 6%, Vitamin A 100%, Vitamin C 60%, Iron 10%
Pumpkin Cookie Cakes
Amount per 1⁄24 recipe serving: Calories 130, Total Fat 6g, Sat Fat 2g, Trans Fat 1.5g, Chol 25mg, Sodium 65mg, Total Carb 16g, Sugars 11g, Protein 2g, Calc 2%, Vitamin A 35%, Iron 2%