Potato Sausage Soup no milk.   I love making soup I make it all the time.  it is my go to meal if there is the slights but of rain or cold on the horizon pair it with some homemade bread,  check out my favorite recipes here.  I finds soups to stretch the budget when pay check are lean and they can make any meal go far.   This week I had Polana Polish fresh sausage left so I decided to make a lets see what we have in the fridge soups.

Potato Sausage soup with no milk

Prep Cook Time 1 hour Serves 12

• 5 large potatoes pealed and diced
• 1-2 lb of sausage (beef, pork I used Polana Fresh Sausage)
• 1 lb of carrots pealed and diced
• 6 celery stalks  cleaned and diced (no tops)
• 2 cups of broccoli crowns fresh
• 1 -2 med sized onions
• 1 gallon of water
• 1 tablespoon for Better Than Bouillon Organic Chicken Base
• 1 teaspoon of cumin
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon of pepper
• 1/4 cup of rice flour (for gluten free) or 1/4 reg flour (this is optional)
• 1/8 cup of hot sauce

1. Start to cooking your Mirepoix (aka onions, carrots, celery) season with salt.
2. Add your sausage on top of Mirepoix,  Cook till cooked and slightly brown, ( don’t burn Mirepoix)
3. Removed link allow to cook sausage to cool, cut into bite size pieces and reserved to side
4. Add water, potatoes, spices, bullion  allow to cook- till potatoes are fork tender
5. To thicken the soup,  you can allow the potatoes to cook,  till they start to break down they will make a thick soup (longer cook time 1 hour)
6. OR Remove a cup or 2 of the broth and add the flour ,  stir till it becomes a water paste.. then slowly add it back to the soup (cook for another 20 minutes)
7. Once the soup is almost done  5 minutes add Broccoli  and sausage back in.  (add hot sauce if you like heat)

Printable version of the recipe here Potato_Sausage_Broccoli_soup_001

Monday: Potato sausage soup Leftovers with fresh bread

Tuesday: Chicken Enchladas

Wednesday:  Blue Ribbon Chilli

Thursday: Fried Rices (via my husband)

Friday: BBQ Pizza with Gouda and Apples

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