Kielbasa Kale Soup

 Ingredients

• 2 cups Kielbasa sausage, chopped
• 1 14.5 oz Navy beans
• 3 cups of fresh kale
• 1/4 cup onion, diced
• 1 14.5 oz chicken broth
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 teaspoon sharp paprika
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1/2 tablespoon vegetable oil

Directions

1. Brown sausage for about 10 minutes.
2. Drain the oil and set the sausage aside.
3. Bring chicken broth and water to a boil.
4. Then add beans, kale, onion, paprika, salt and pepper and boil for 15 minutes.

Add the sausage right before serving.  I sometimes leave the sausage in the soup when I want the broth to be stronger.  But usually take the sausage out and add it in right before I serve my soup because I rather have tasty sausages then tasteless ones.  This soup is great, it takes less than half an hour to make and it is very filling.  If i am extra hungry, I will add rice or maybe pasta.  I will however cook the pasta separately so the pasta does not soak up the soup.