Olive Garden Style Inspired Zuppa Toscana Soup

Thanks Ellaine for sharing. Looks great can't wait to try.

Ingredients:

1 pound spicy Italian Sausage
1/2 pound bacon, chopped 
7 cups of water
3 chicken flavored bouillon cubes
2 large russet potatoes (cleaned and cubed)
2 cloves garlic chopped (1tsp or 2 of minced)
1 medium onion chopped
2 cups chopped kale
1 cup heavy whipping cream
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

• In a dutch oven or large soup pot over medium high heat brown the sausage, breaking it into small pieces as you cook it.
• Drain the sausage and set aside on a plate to cool.
• In the same dutch oven or soup pot, insert bacon and cook over medium-high heat. 
• Brown the bacon; remove it and set aside. Cut up bacon once cooled
• Leave two tablespoons of rendered bacon fat in the pot.
• Saute the potatoes, onion and garlic in the bacon fat over medium or low medium heat.
• Saute the onion till it gets translucent and the potatoes begin to soften.
• Add sausage, bacon, 7 cups of water and 3 chicken bouillon cubes.
• Add cream and kale.
• Simmer until the potatoes are tender