QUICK AND EASY IDEAS: ITALIAN SAUSAGE SOUP

Happy 2012! Next in our series of quick and easy ideas is a recipe for Italian sausage soup, provided by Alyce of Fabric Greetings on Etsy. On a cold winter day, nothing sounds better than a bowl of tasty, hot soup! All you need for this recipe is a crock pot, and the following ingredients.


ITALIAN SAUSAGE SOUP


1 pound Italian sausage - (turkey sausage is preferred by Alyce)

1 small onion diced finely

1 - 6oz can tomato paste

2 TBS Italian seasoning

3 -14 or 15oz cans of chick peas - rinsed

1 - 14 or 15oz can (almost 2 cups) of white beans - rinsed

2 - 14 or 15oz cans of chicken stock

1 - 14 or 15oz can of beef stock

Remove sausage from casing and brown with the onion and seasoning, crumbling the meat as it browns. Add paste and mix into the meat. Heat to toast the paste.

Add all ingredients to crock pot and stir to mix. If needed, add more chicken stock or water.

Let cook all day on low. (It tastes even better the second day!)