Easy Potato Sausage Soup

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 onions, chopped
• 1/2 cup margarine
• 4 cups diced potatoes
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen diced carrots
• 1 pound polish sausage, sliced
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 3 cups water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 3 cups milk
• 3/4 cup dry potato flakes

Recipe

• using a large saucepan, brown onion in butter.
• add potatoes, carrots, green peppers, sausage, water, salt and pepper. cook on low, for about 45 minutes or until the potatoes are creamy.
• add milk and cook until heated through and then add instant potato flakes. if you want a creamy potato soup add a 1/2 cup potato flakes, or if you want your soup thick like stew add 1 cup of potato flakes.
• let soup sit for approximately 5 minutes in order to thicken and then serve.