Italian stretch soup!

Name: Italian stretch soup!
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 5 strips bacon keep the bacon grease.; 6 sausage links( casings removed); 1 cup hamburger( cooked) can cook with the pork I just had already cooked burger left over.; 3/4 onion, chopped; 1 lg. mushroom (sliced); 1/2 head cabbage ,chopped(red is what i had great flavor nice surprise); 2 tbsp garlic; 1 tbsp Italian herbs; 1/2 gallon more or less to liking stock of choice( I had stock from corned beef and cabbage left ); 3 potatoes; 4 carrots; 2 tbsp butter/ and or coconut oil

sassyfrass @1OldHippyRanch

I came up with this because I had different little bits of left overs on hand and not really enough to make any one thing. My husband had made corned beef and cabbage the night before so I decided soup was on the menu. The flavor was wow! My husband loved it and I barely added salt or pepper. That may very depending on the stock you chose to use.

sassyfrass @1OldHippyRanch

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Ingredients

5strips bacon keep the bacon grease.
6sausage links( casings removed)
1 cuphamburger( cooked) can cook with the pork I just had already cooked burger left over.
3/4onion, chopped
1lg. mushroom (sliced)
1/2head cabbage ,chopped(red is what i had great flavor nice surprise)
2 tbspgarlic
1 tbspItalian herbs
1/2 gallonmore or less to liking stock of choice( I had stock from corned beef and cabbage left )
3potatoes
4carrots
2 tbspbutter/ and or coconut oil

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Steps

1

Use a stock pot thin enough you can sauté in. If you don't have one a sauté pan/ fry pan works too.
2

Cook up the bacon till crisp enough to crumble but not loose flavor in stock pot. Set aside just to cool then crumble. Put back into stock pot along with the bacon fat.
3

Add butter and or oil, onion, and mushroom. Sauté till onion is caramelized. I used the butter and bacon fat for flavor and added coconut oil cuz there was a lot to sauté and didn't want to add more fat.
4

Add Italian herbs sauté a couple minutes add in hamburger and sausage. Cook till most all pink is gone. Add garlic . Sauté another min. Add cabbage.
5

Once cabbage is tender add carrots potatoes and stock.
6

Cook till veggies are all tender add salt and pepper to taste.