Soul Warming Sausage & Tortellini Soup

May 22, 2013

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According to my husband There must be a hearty meat portion in something for him to consider it a meal. I am proud to announce that this soup along with a nice crusty hunk of french bread, passed his test and is considered a full meal. Not only that but one serving of this soup is plenty filling, unlike a lot of other vegetable soups, or broth based soups. I only had one bowl and not even that big of a bowl and I had to call it a night. I did, however have plenty of leftovers and I sure did

1 lb ground sausage (remove sausage from casings if you have links)

fresh spinach, I used about a half of a prewashed ready to use bag, but this

1 bag dry tortellini (I used a four cheese blend)

3 carrots, diced

2 celery stalks, diced

1 sweet onion diced

2 cloves garlic, diced

1 can (14.5 oz) diced tomato (drained)

1 can (8 oz) tomato sauce

6 basil leaves (fresh and torn into pieces)

1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped

6 cups vegetable stock

1/2 C red wine

optional: freshly shaved parmesan cheese or romano cheese

1. Start by browning sausage. Drain sausage, reserving a bit of the rendered oil in pot (about 1 T). Set sausage aside. 2. Over medium heat, add the onion and garlic and sweat it out for a minute, then...
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Nutritions

Calories
172

Sodium
1449mg
60% DV

Fat
10g
16% DV

Protein
7g
14% DV

Carbs
25g
8% DV

Fiber
7g
30% DV

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