I love greens, always have, and am always looking for ways to enjoy them.
My wife made this over the Christmas holidays, it was delicious and very
gratifying, especially on the cold wet days.

Collard Greens Soup

Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 35 minutes

1 14-oz package smoked sausage cut into 1/4" slices (we used a low
filler/low carb turkey sausage-kielbasa type, use whatever suits your fancy)
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 green pepper, seeded and chopped
2-3 slices of bacon
2 32-oz containers light chicken broth
1 bunch of fresh collard greens
1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper (or to taste)
Dash of hot sauce

Clean the collard greens by removing the thick stems, chopping into bite
sized pieces then rinsing several times.

Chop up bacon and render the bacon in a Dutch oven or similar large pot.

Remove the bacon and all but 1tbsp of the bacon fat.

Saut? sausage, onions and green pepper in the Dutch oven with the fat over
medium-high heat 5 minutes or so, or until lightly browned.

Return the bacon to the pot, add chicken broth, collard greens, pepper and
hot sauce; bring to a boil.

Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

As specified this recipe makes 6 servings.

Notes:

Collard greens tend to be very dirty/gritty.  I guess they can now be
purchased pre-washed and pre-chopped in nice little 16-oz bags but it is not
too difficult to clean them and they are generally very inexpensive when you
do the work yourself.

Hot sauce may be omitted or amount increased depending upon your taste.

Bacon can be omitted and the oil replaced with olive or other vegetable oil
of your choice.  I like the extra flavor added by the bacon.

I haven't worked out the exact carbs, kind of hard to because it depends on
sausage selection and actual amount of greens used, size of onion, etc.

Collard greens, when boiled, without salt, are 9.3g carbs, with 5.3g fiber
per 1 cup.  I've never measure but it looks to me like one of those big
bunches of collards cooks down to about 4-5 cups at most.  I generally serve
myself about 1/2 cup of greens.

The sausage we use says 0 g carb per 2-oz.  I tend to not believe this (just
by looking at the actual ingredients) so I count it as 1g per 2-oz, or 7
grams for the amount of sausage specified.

Enjoy.