Reviewed: Jun. 30, 2007

Awesome! Used turkey sausage and spinach.

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Sandy K

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Reviewed: Jun. 28, 2007

This is the first review I've ever made for anything. Thats how good this was! I tripled the recipe before ever knowing what it would taste like because of all the reviews....and I was not dissapointed! My family absolutely loved it! And my brother made me promise to make it for when we visit. The only thing I changed was the sausage, I used hot italian sausage and cooked out of casing on the stove. This was so much better then the OG's and that is my favorite soup when I eat there.

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SEJANA

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Reviewed: Jun. 22, 2007

Great soup! Very easy to make too, start to finish took less than half an hour. I used hot italian sausage, red onion and spinach (what I had on hand) instead of smoked sausage, regular onion and kale, and it turned out superb! In addition, I used pre-cooked bacon which saved even more time. Even though I made it today for tomorrow night's dinner, I snuck myself a little bowl. By the way, 1 Quart water is equal to 4 C.

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Reviewed: Jun. 19, 2007

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Reviewed: Jun. 15, 2007

Love this soup! I use Italian instead of smoked sausage and spinach instead of Kale. Very good!

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Kelly

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Reviewed: Jun. 14, 2007

We just joined an organic farm coop and kale was in our box this week. What to do with kale??? I found this recipe and it really is good. I made it exactly as the recipe asked and loved it. Even my kids ate it. Next time I would use less sausage or add more broth/cream, because I like a little more broth. Other than that....fantabulous!

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Reviewed: May 9, 2007

WOW! I don't know how this is even legal!!!!! I love it! I used 1 hot italian and one mild italian link, LOTS OF KALE, russets, more broth than called for, and more heavy cream than called for. Lots of garlic salt too, because I'm a garlic salt fanatic. Now I don't have to go to a certain restaurant and spend $40 dollars just for this soup! I can finally order salad with my meal again cause I'll always have this on hand at home!!!

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nikkoblam

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Home Town: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

Living In: Big Bend, Wisconsin, USA

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Reviewed: May 7, 2007

Delicious! A great recipe - and very easy to make. Thanks!

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Ally

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Reviewed: May 6, 2007

even beter than the restaurant stuff cause you can adjust the spiciness yourself! I used this with all stuff from my freezer, spinach, ground sausage, and southern style hashbrowns for the potatoes... so, so good. go, make it... now!

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ArmyCook

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Living In: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

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Reviewed: Apr. 18, 2007

I prefer brothy soups over creamy soups, so I made the following changes: made about 1.5 times the amount of liquid, substituting half of the water with chicken broth, and used light cream instead of heavy cream. This makes a very tasty soup.

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DetectiveL

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Reviewed: Apr. 16, 2007

I love this recipie. I omitted the onion and chicken base, and used 3/4 cup cream, it was fantastic! The ultimate comfort food, very simliar to a "popular italian restuarant" I think everyone knows what that is. I would give this recipie more stars if I could, thanks!!

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Amber

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Reviewed: Apr. 4, 2007

Excellent! Thanks to Quality Cook Nurse Ellen for the wonderful recommendation. I used sweet Italian sausage and spinach in place of the kale. I can't wait to try the leftovers today, I have a feeling this is going to be even after the flavors have melded a little more. Thanks so much for the recipe.

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Suemck

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Home Town: Plaistow, New Hampshire, USA

Living In: Amesbury, Massachusetts, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 28, 2007

This recipe is wonderful, easy to make and reasonably healthy

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Nancy

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Reviewed: Mar. 27, 2007

Makes a great soup. Everyone loved it.

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Buzymom

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Reviewed: Mar. 26, 2007

I love this recipe!! Some changes: I usually omit the bacon and use half & half instead of heavy cream. I also use the "hot" style italian sausage, and usually add a couple of shakes of red pepper flakes to the soup (we like it hot!) I have made this so often, and though it's probably not the healthiest thing we could eat, it sure is good. Thank you for sharing. :)

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Reviewed: Mar. 22, 2007

This recipe was the bomb!!!! It was the best...I even agree with one other rater that said it is better than the one from OG. The Kale is much fresher than the one at OG. You can actually notice that it's Kale rather than spinish. I did add more potatoes and add more chicken broth. The flavor with the bacon and italian sausage was great. I love it. My bf loved it too...we finished the whole pot that night. Mmmmmmmmm!!!! Can't wait to make it again.

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Reviewed: Mar. 16, 2007

This is really good, though I'm on a diet so I changed it to make it healthier. First I bought Jennie-O turkey italian sausage and boiled it in chicken broth (boils out the fat and keeps flavor in), then I used the precooked hormel bacon crumbles, I used 4 cans of chicken broth an no water, and lastly I used Land-o-lakes fat free half & half instead of cream. I think it's still really good even with all the changes and it's not greasy or anything this way.

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MorganFo

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Living In: Logan, Utah, USA

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Reviewed: Feb. 24, 2007

LOVED this soup. I had been wanting to make this for a long time and finally did. Every time I go to the OG for dinner or lunch I get this soup. I have to agree with some of you others out here that the homemade version is as good or better. I used a combo of Johnsonville regular italian and spicy sausage. I took them out of the casings and browned them in a pan with garlic. I also used chicken broth from the box and two whole bunches of kale which I would do again. I won't however use as much sausage next time as every bite had an enormous amount of sausage and it became just to much. That's my only complaint about this soup and it's a self imposed one so I learned from it. It was probably more than 16oz. I used 7 total fat links. Husband totally went nuts over this!! Loved the kale and just kept adding a handful at a time until it wilted enough to put more in. Will most definately make this again.

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Home Town: Portland, Oregon, USA

Living In: Vancouver, Washington, USA

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Reviewed: Feb. 20, 2007

I used sweet Italian sausage, increased the water by about 1 pint, and put 1/2 cup (instead of 1/3) cream, and added about 2T crushed red pepper. Good stuff right there. Cut the stems out of the kale.

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Home Town: Willoughby Hills, Ohio, USA

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Reviewed: Feb. 5, 2007

Great recipe, Here is what I have changed, I substitute bulk Italian sausage, 1/2 mild, 1/2 hot, for the links. I cover the bottom of my frying pan in wine, then saute the sausage, onion, and garlic together. I also use evaporated milk in place of the heavy cream. I also used yellow potatoes. Everyone seems to love this soup.

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