Italian Sausage Soup

Happy New Year! 

When Christmas has passed (bummer), but there's still months of cold weather to come, what's a better way to cheer up than with a warm bowl of soup?

Yum.

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ITALIAN SAUSAGE SOUP

INGREDIENTS:

• 4 slices bacon, chopped
• 1 onion
• 1 pound sausage, cooked
• 1 Tbsp. garlic
• 2 large (48 ounce) cans broth
• 6 potatoes, cubed
• Oregano, to taste
• Pepper flakes, to taste
• 1 cup milk
• 2 Tbsp. corn starch
• 1/2 to 1 (8 ounce) bag spinach

DIRECTIONS:

1. Crisp the bacon in a large pot. Add the onion and heat until softened.
2. Put the sausage, garlic, broth, potatoes, oregano and pepper in with the bacon/onion and cook until the potatoes are softened.
3. Stir in the milk and corn starch and cook a while longer.
4. When you're ready to eat, add the spinach and heat until warm.

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