Hot Italian sausage and kale soup

5 hot or mild Italian sausage  casing removed
1 medium onion diced
4 cups fresh chopped kale
1 clove garlic minced
1/4 tsp chilli flakes   ( if using mild sausage)
3 1/2 cups chicken or vegetable stock
1 can of chick peas
1 can diced tomatoes
1 stalk celery chopped
1 carrot diced

in a soup pot put sausage and cook down 6-8 mins so not pink. use a spatula to crumble as it cooks.
take meat out of pot and drain grease
add onion, garlic,carrot,celery to the pot and cook down until onions are clear.
add kale cook for 5 mins
add tomatoes,chick peas, and cooked sausage
stir well and cook 5-8 minutes and then add chicken stock

let simmer for 25 mins on low  add salt,pepper to taste

should be a nice thick, hearty soup.