My friend Rick gave me this recipe. His mother got it from a cookbook or magazine, he doesn’t know where. He has modified it a bit, and I modified it a bit more. It’s really good, and the house smells wonderful while it’s cooking. It’s very thick, more like a stew than a soup.

1 lb ground meat (I used pork)
meat from Italian sausage (I used 3 sweet Italian sausages)
1 cup diced onion
1 green pepper, diced
1 28 oz can tomato puree
1 8 oz can diced tomato
4 potatoes, diced
1/4 tsp thyme
salt and pepper
sliced mushrooms (optional)

Brown meat. (I squeezed the sausage meat out of the casing). Add onions and green pepper. If the meat you are using doesn’t have much fat, you will need to add some oil to the pan.

After meat is cooked, add tomato puree and diced tomatoes. Mix well. Add potatoes and seasonings. Add mushrooms last. Cover and simmer until potatoes are cooked through. Makes 4 or 5 servings.

This recipe was contributed by Allison from the Radiant Recovery Community Forum.