Sweet Potato-Sausage Soup

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This hearty, healthy dinner is one you'll make on repeat.

Prep Time:

20 mins

Total Time:

40 mins

Servings:

6

For a hearty, comforting dinner that's also healthy, make our sweet potato and sausage soup. It's packed with vegetables including sweet potatoes and leafy greens, like kale or Swiss chard. The sausage is sweet Italian, but you can use spicy if you prefer. Plenty of little shell pasta takes it over the top and adds to the feeling of this soup being a quick riff on minestrone. To further the Italian feel, we finish the soup with a little Parmesan before serving. It's on the table in just 40 minutes but tastes like it simmered for hours.

sweet-potato-sausage-and-kale-soup — Credit:
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Directions

Cook onion and garlic; add sausage:

In a large pot, heat oil over medium-high. Add onion and garlic and cook until onion is translucent, about 6 minutes; season with salt and pepper. Add sausage and cook, breaking up meat with a wooden spoon, until browned, about 5 minutes.
Add sweet potatoes, broth, and water; add pasta:

Add sweet potatoes, broth, and 2 cups water and bring to a boil. Add pasta and cook 3 minutes less than package instructions.
Reduce heat, add greens and cook:

Reduce to a simmer, add greens, and cook until pasta is tender and greens are wilted, 4 minutes. Serve with Parmesan.