Chicken Sausage And Bean Soup

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 cups chicken stock (i make my own to control sodium)
• 1 lb hot italian chicken sausage (or sweet if you prefer)
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1 (15 1/2 ounce) can great northern beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 (15 1/2 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed (chickpeas)
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen spinach
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• salt & pepper, to taste
• parmesan cheese (optional)

Recipe

• 1 remove casings from sausages.
• 2 in a large sauce pot heat olive oil.
• 3 add sausage, crumble and cook until no longer pink, drain.
• 4 in the same pot, add chichen stock and tomatoes.
• 5 bring to a boil, then simmer, covered, for 10 minutes.
• 6 drain spinach and squeeze out excess water.
• 7 add beans and spinach, cover and simmer an additional 15 minutes.
• 8 salt and pepper to taste.
• 9 garnish with parmesan cheese.