Sausage And Spinach Soup From Cooking Light Food

LENTIL AND SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Place sausage in a large pot. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Add onion, celery and chopped garlic, and saute until tender and translucent. Stir in lentils, carrot, water, chicken broth and tomatoes. Season with garlic powder, parsley, bay leaves, oregano, thyme, basil, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat. Cover, and simmer for 2 1/2 to 3 hours, or until lentils are tender.
• Stir in pasta, and cook 15 to 20 minutes, or until pasta is tender.

SPINACH SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large skillet, brown sausage over medium heat until no longer pink. Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven, combine the broth, potatoes and salad dressing mix. Bring to a boil; cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until potatoes are tender. , Drain sausage. Add sausage and spinach to broth mixture; heat through.

SAUSAGE, POTATO, AND SPINACH SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat.
• Add Italian sausage and cook until browned, about 3 to 5 minutes. Make sure to crumble the sausage as it cooks and drain excess fat.
• Stir in garlic, onion, oregano, basil, and red pepper flakes.
• Cook, stirring frequently, until onions have become translucent, about 2 to 3 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Stir in chicken broth and bay leaf, and bring to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender, about 10 minutes.
• Stir in spinach until it begins to wilt, about 1 to 2 minutes.
• Stir in heavy cream until heated through, about 1 minute. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve immediately.

SAUSAGE SOUP WITH SPINACH AND WILD RICE

Steps:

• Bring 1 1/2 cups water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add wild rice, reduce heat, cover and simmer 1 hour until rice is cooked. Set aside.
• Cook sausage in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat until browned. Stir to crumble. Drain sausage and set aside.
• Heat oil in Dutch oven over medium heat and saute onion 3 minutes. Add garlic and cook 1 minute. Add sausage, 3 cups water, tomato paste, oregano, basil, broth, and tomatoes. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simer 20 minutes.
• Stir in cooked wild rice, spinach, salt, and pepper. Ladle soup into bowls and serve with Parmesan to sprinkle over.

SAUSAGE AND SPINACH SOUP

Steps:

• Remove casings from sausage. Cook sausage in a large saucepan coated with cooking spray over high heat until browned, stirring to crumble.
• Add onion and 2 teaspoons garlic to pan; cook for 2 minutes.
• Stir in 1/2 cup water, beans, tomatoes, and broth.
• Cover and bring to a boil. Uncover and cook for 3 minutes or until slightly thick. Remove from heat, and stir in spinach, basil, and oregano.
• Ladle 1 1/2 cups soup into each of 4 bowls,
• Optional: sprinkle each serving with 1 1/2 teaspoons romano or parm cheese.

SAUSAGE AND SPINACH SOUP

Steps:

• Spray saucepot with cooking spray and heat over medium-high heat 1 minute. Add sausage and cook until browned, stirring often. Pour off fat.
• Add broth, oregano, onion and carrot. Heat to a boil. Cover and cook over low heat 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
• Stir in spinach and cook 1 minute.

SPINACH AND SAUSAGE LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook and crumble sausage over medium heat until no longer pink, 5-7 minutes; drain., Stir in lentils, beans, broth and water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until lentils are tender, about 30 minutes. Stir in tomatoes; heat through., Remove from heat; stir in spinach until wilted. If desired, serve with goat cheese. Freeze option: Freeze cooled soup in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally.