Sunday, December 20, 2015

Winter White Bean & Italian Sausage Soup

Winter White Bean and Italian Sausage Soup






Curl up with a cup!


Ingredients

    1 tsp. minced garlic
    1/2 tsp. extra  virgin olive oil
    4 cups low sodium chicken broth
    3 cups cooked white beans - or one 15 oz. can Great Northern or Cannellini beans, rinsed
    1 lb. Italian sausage, cooked and rinsed
    1 tsp. dried basil or 4 minced leaves fresh basil
    2 cups diced tomatoes
    1 10 oz. pkg. frozen spinach
    1 tsp. Parmesan cheese

Directions

1. Sautee garlic in olive oil.

2. Add sauteed garlic to 4 cups of chicken broth.

3. Add white beans to chicken broth and bring to boil for 5 minutes. Option: for creamy soup use hand blender and puree beans into broth.

4. Add remaining ingredients and simmer.

5. Serve topped with Parmesan cheese.

Note: You can make the soup slimmer by using Italian turkey sausage. You can decrease the sodium by using dried and cooked beans instead of canned and rinsed.

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