Reviewed: Nov. 7, 2011

I was too nervous to try this because I don't often cook with sausage and have never cooked with kale, but luckily my boyfriend is fearless in the kitchen. Not only was it so simple to make, but it was delicious. I couldn't wait until the next day to have leftovers. The bread in the bottom of the bowl absorbed all the delicious flavors too. We actually added some quinoa to it as well, to make it even more filling and add some extra protein. I would definitely be willing to try making this myself and have already passed the recipe on to friends and family as well as laminated it into my recipe book!

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ClumsyInKitchen

Reviewed: Nov. 21, 2011

I have been making a similar version of this soup for years. It is filling and the only way I eat my kale! The differences are that I use zucchini instead of potatoe, only 1 lb of sausage, garlic instead of baquette, oregano/marjoram instead of nutmeg and crushed red pepper instead of parmesan. I brown the crumbled sausage and throw everything in my big crockpot. Freeze single portions for an easy fix other days!!!!

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Smiles_JS

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Houston, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 14, 2012

This soup with a huge hit with my family! I did not include the hot sausage (we are not spicy lovers) and I put in more kale (we were all sick and figured we could use the extra greens). There was NOTHING left!! Will definitely make this again, I'm already being asked when! Thanks!!

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Kim P.

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Long Island, New York, USA

Living In: East Moriches, New York, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 18, 2012

I was very excited to try this recipe especially since I just read a article about the health benefits of kale. I followed the recipe but took the suggestion of one of the reviews and used fresh marjoram instead of nutmeg. The soup was delicious! My only comment is that the soup is on the spicy side. I had doubled the recipe using 2 hot bulk sausage and 2 italian bulk sausage. Next time I might go with 3 italian sausage and 1 hot. If you are not a fan of spicy, definitely go with 2 italian bulk sausage.

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Bonnie

Reviewed: Mar. 3, 2012

love it - and a great way to get my family to eat kale!

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caylie

Reviewed: Apr. 8, 2012

Delicious! I only used 1lb of medium-hot sausage and omitted the baguette. Also didn't puree any portion of the soup.

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LIZCANCOOK

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Livonia, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 11, 2012

Love this! You can stretch the sausage and use half as much, especially if it's spicy. We use jalapeno chicken sausage and love how it gives its flavor to the whole soup!

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Laura Tucker

Reviewed: Aug. 6, 2012

This was really good. The whole family loved it. I wasn't sure what to do with the kale that I got in my farmer's market bag and this recipe was a great find. I didn't puree any part of the soup and used all mild Italian sausage.

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