Date Night Dinners - Winter Soup

1/23/2015 tringel 0 Comments

Try as I might, at least some part of me still remains cold, weather it is my hands or feet or parts of my face. That is where this weeks dinner comes in. Brenden and I wanted something delicious; we wanted something hearty, and we wanted something warm. So, we decided to add another soup to our list of meals and recipes to have tried.

Not only was soup a great way to warm us up completely - hot bowls to wrap our hands around as the flavor infused broth moved from our mouths to our stomachs, heating us up all the way down - but it was a good precautionary step to ward off the sickness that goes around this time of year.



Italian Winter Soup
Recipe adapted from wishfulchef.com, Healthy Italian Winter Soup

Ingredients

• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 1 lb Italian turkey sausage, sliced
• 1 small yellow onion, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, chopped
• 2 cups tomatoes, diced
• 5 cups low sodium vegetable broth
• 1-15oz can red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
• 1/2 Tbsp dried parsley
• 1/2 Tbsp dried oregano
• 1/2 Tbsp dried thyme
• 2 cups spinach
• 8 oz bowtie pasta

Directions

1. Heat olive oil in a large pot on medium heat.
2. Add the slices sausage and cook for about three minutes.
3. Add the chopped onion and garlic and continue cooking for about 5minutes, until the onion is soft and the sausage has browned.
4. Stir in the chopped tomatoes and cook for another 3 minutes.
5. Pour in the broth and kidney beans.
6. Stir in the dried parsley, oregano, and thyme, communing well, and bring pot to a boil.
7. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer for 10-15 minutes.
8. Stir in the spinach and uncooked pasta.
9. Simmer the soup, covered, for about 10 minutes or until the pasta is at desired tenderness and ready to eat.
10. Serve and enjoy as the soup warms you up.