Rustic Italian Tortellini Soup

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 italian turkey sausage, links. casings removed (4 ounces each)
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 6 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans low sodium chicken broth
• 1 3/4 cups water
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1 (9 ounce) package refrigerated cheese tortellini
• 1 (6 ounce) package fresh baby spinach, coarsely chopped
• 2 1/4 teaspoons minced fresh basil or 3/4 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 dash crushed red pepper flakes
• shredded parmesan cheese (optional)

Recipe

• 1 crumble sausage into a dutch oven; add onion.
• 2 cook and stir over medium heat until meat is no longer pink.
• 3 add garlic; cook and stir 2 minutes longer.
• 4 add the broth, water and tomatoes. bring to a boil.
• 5 stir in tortellini; return to a boil.
• 6 reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 5-8 minutes or until tortellini are tender, stirring occasionally.
• 7 add the spinach, basil, pepper and pepper flakes; cook 2 - 3 minutes longer or until spinach is wilted.
• 8 serve with cheese if desired.