Chard and Chickpea Soup with Sausage and Green Pepper

Ingredients

• 3 teaspoons olive oil depending on your pan
• 1 onion diced into small pieces
• 1 green bell pepper seeds and stem removed and diced into small pieces, Green pepper is optional, but good in this; if you're not a pe…
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 3 chicken sausage or links pre-cooked turkey, about 1 cup of diced pre-cooked sausage
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 can chickpeas garbanzo beans rinsed with cold water
• 6 cups chicken stock I used my homemade chicken stock from the freezer
• 1 can water
• 1 can tomatoes with juice
• 15 chard large, leaves, thick part of stem removed and sliced into ribbons, 6-8 cups chard ribbons
• grated Parmesan cheese freshly, for serving, optional

Nutrition

• Calories : 470 calories
• Carbohydrate : 37 grams
• Cholesterol : 60 milligrams
• Fat : 24 grams
• Fiber : 5 grams
• Protein : 28 grams
• SaturatedFat : 6 grams
• Sodium : 1470 milligrams
• Sugar : 8 grams