Italian Potato & Kale Soup | Lazy Cooking

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 pound ground spicy Italian sausage
• 8 slices bacon, diced
• 1 medium yellow onion, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 (32-ounce) container chicken stock
• 4 large russet potatoes, peeled and diced into 1/2-inch-thick cubes
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 bunch kale
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• red pepper flakes, to taste