Laurie David's Sunday Soup | Experience Life

Ingredients

• Olive oil, for the pot
• 3 cooked Italian sausages, your favorite kind, sliced
• 3 leeks (white and light-green parts), chopped and rinsed thoroughly
• 2 small carrots, chopped (unpeeled if organic)
• 2 celery stalks, chopped
• 2 big handfuls sturdy greens (kale, cabbage, or chard), chopped or torn
• 1 1/2 cups chopped tomatoes, fresh or canned
• 4 (or more) garlic cloves, chopped
• 1/2 cup green (French) or brown lentils, rinsed
• 8 cups vegetable or chicken broth (organic, if possible)
• Salt
• Vinegar, any type (optional)
• Red pepper flakes (optional)