Italian Sausage and Bean Soup with Chard

Ingredients

• 8 cups chicken stock preferably homemade, but you could use canned
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon fennel ground
• 5 Italian turkey sausage links, hot or mild, but I prefer hot
• 2 tablespoons olive oil to brown sausage and saute onions
• 1 onion medium, chopped in 1/2 inch pieces
• 1 teaspoon garlic puree
• chopped garlic
• 2 cans small white beans with juice
• 4 handfuls chard ribbons
• grated Parmesan cheese freshly, for serving

Nutrition

• Calories : 800 calories
• Carbohydrate : 106 grams
• Cholesterol : 60 milligrams
• Fat : 20 grams
• Fiber : 36 grams
• Protein : 56 grams
• SaturatedFat : 1 grams
• Sodium : 1410 milligrams
• Sugar : 16 grams