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Healthier (kind of) Magic Soup Made In Instant Pot (but not necessary)

October 10, 2017 by Suzie the Foodie 4 Comments

Healthier (kind of) Magic Soup Made In Instant Pot (but not necessary)

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The first soup I ever learned how to make has always been my favourite one so I called it Magic Soup. It is so delicious and full of greens, I never tire of it and have been making it for over 20 years. Holy crap! Twenty years? How did THAT happen? Anyway…

Healthy-er Version

Healthier (kind of) Magic Soup Made In Instant Pot (but not necessary)

A friend of mine gave me a beautiful bunch of locally grown kale and I decided to use it all in a healthier version of my magic soup.

You will need 6 turkey sausage links, 3 cups corn, 1 large bunch of kale (rigorously cleaned, de-stemmed and chopped), 5 cups beef broth, 1 tsp dried oregano, 1 tsp dried basil and a package of cheese tortellini.

Directions

Healthier (kind of) Magic Soup Made In Instant Pot (but not necessary)

Now I made this batch in my Instant Pot but you can absolutely make this on the stovetop, no problem.

Healthier (kind of) Magic Soup Made In Instant Pot (but not necessary)

Sauté sausage in 1″ bite pieces in some olive oil until nice and brown. Remove from pot.

Healthier (kind of) Magic Soup Made In Instant Pot (but not necessary)

Add a little more olive oil and sauté the kale and the corn until the kale turns bright green and wilts. Then add back sausage and sprinkle with dried herbs and some salt and pepper.

Healthier (kind of) Magic Soup Made In Instant Pot (but not necessary)

Add the beef broth.

Healthier (kind of) Magic Soup Made In Instant Pot (but not necessary)

Stir to combine. I only added 4 cups of broth and realized later than 1 more cup would have been a wise idea.

Healthier (kind of) Magic Soup Made In Instant Pot (but not necessary)

If you are using an Instant Pot secure lid and put on the soup setting for 15 minutes.

If you are cooking on stovetop bring to a boil and then turn down to a simmer for 30 minutes.

Healthier (kind of) Magic Soup Made In Instant Pot (but not necessary)

I really did not want to boil the tortellini separately but I knew that putting it in a pressure cooker was a bad idea so when the 15 minutes past I turned on the sauté setting and let them cook in the soup according to package directions.

Phase I

Healthier (kind of) Magic Soup Made In Instant Pot (but not necessary)

This was very good but I knew it could be even better so I got out the Parmesan rind I had been saving…

Healthier (kind of) Magic Soup Made In Instant Pot (but not necessary)

I added it to the leftovers and it gave the soup a beautiful depth of flavour.

Phase 2

Healthier (kind of) Magic Soup Made In Instant Pot (but not necessary)

Once again, delicious and health but!!!!

Phase 3

Healthier (kind of) Magic Soup Made In Instant Pot (but not necessary)

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I had to go back to the original recipe and cover the soup with some sharp cheddar. Healthy is good but this? This was fantastic!

My favourite thing about this soup is how the sausage flavours the broth. Using turkey sausage infused it with sage flavour unlike the Italian sausage. The corn makes this a sweeter soup so if you can get your hands on some spicy sausage it would probably be even better with some heat.

Soup season is upon us! It is pouring outside and there is nothing better than a hot bowl of homemade soup to take the rainy blues away.

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Filed Under: corn, Healthy Food That Doesn't Suck, pasta, recipe, sausage, soup Tagged With: corn, Healthy Food That Doesn't Suck, kale, magic soup, sausage, soup, Suzie the Foodie, tortellini, Turkey

Comments

  1. Debra She Who Seeks says

    October 10, 2017 at 6:48 pm

    Mmmm, nice and hearty! But you know, I just cannot seem to cozy up to kale at all.

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    • Suzie the Foodie says

      October 11, 2017 at 12:44 am

      Soup is the only way I can enjoy kale at all but I think I will always be a spinach foodie first.

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  2. Heather says

    October 12, 2017 at 7:47 pm

    I am so excited! I just went to Pinterest to look up my pin only to find the link was broken. I was so sad because I LOVE LOVE LOVE this recipe. Luckily my pin had the website name and I found you. It was fate you just reposted this 2 days ago! This is in my top 3 soups ever! Thank you so much for putting it forth again!

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    • Suzie the Foodie says

      October 13, 2017 at 4:46 pm

      I am so glad you re-found the Magic Soup post and wow, what magical timing. It was meant to be Heather! 🙂 You are most welcome.

      Reply

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