Italian wedding crockpot/slow cooker with kale and barley

• 6 cup vegetable or chicken stock
• 3/4 cup barley
• 2 carrots, diced
• 1 onion diced
• 2 stalks celery diced
• 6 links of chicken, turkey or pork italian sausage (sweet, mild, or hot)
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 tbsp italian seasoning
• 3 kale leaves
• 1 salt and pepper to taste
• 1 parmesan cheese to taste
• 2 cup water (as needed)

1. Add all ingredients except for kale, sausage and parmesan cheese and water
2. Empty sausage out of casings a piece at a time to resemble tiny meatballs.
3. Brown them in a frying pan if you wish first.
4. I never have time to do this so I just drop them in the crockpot raw
5. Cook on low for 6-8 hours or high for 4
6. About 30 mins before serving taste soup and add water if too salty or too thick, and add chopped kale to crockpot
7. Add salt and pepper to taste and garnish with parmesan cheese

vegetable, barley, carrots, onion, stalks celery, chicken, bay leaf, italian seasoning, kale leaves, salt, parmesan cheese, water

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/364272-italian-wedding-crockpotslow-cooker-with-kale-and-barley (may not work)