INGREDIENTS
1/2 pound Italian Sausage
2 Onions chopped
3 cloves Garlic minced
3 stalks Celery sliced
2 Carrots peeled and sliced
2 tablespoons Tomato Paste
2 tablespoons Italian seasoning
1/2 cup Dry White Wine or more chicken broth
28 ounces Chicken Broth
1 (14.5 ounce) can fire roasted tomatoes I used a can of whole roasted cherry tomatoes
1 (15 ounce) can Tomato Sauce
1 Green Pepper diced
2 sprigs Fresh Rosemary optional
1/2 cup Roasted Red Peppers diced
1/2 cup Orzo Pasta uncooked
15 ounce can White Beans & Pinto Beans rinsed
2 cups Baby Spinach or chopped kale
INSTRUCTIONS
Brown sausage and vegetables: Brown sausage in a skillet over medium heat. Remove to your crockpot. Add the onion, garlic, celery and carrots to the hot pan and cook until softened, about 3 minutes.
Deglaze the pan: Stir in the tomato paste and the Italian seasoning. Pour the white wine (or 1/2 cup chicken broth) into the pan and bring it to a boil, scraping the browned bits off the bottom of the pan. Take off the heat and transfer everything to the slow cooker, too.
Cook: Add the remaining ingredients EXCEPT for the white beans, orzo pasta and kale/spinach to the crock and stir well. Cook on LOW for 6-8 hours or on HIGH for 3-4 hours.
Finish the soup: Stir the dry orzo, white beans and spinach into the soup and cook on HIGH for about 15 minutes or until the pasta is done. Check for seasoning and add salt to taste, if necessary
INSTRUCTIONS
Brown sausage and vegetables: Brown sausage in a skillet over medium heat. Remove to your crockpot. Add the onion, garlic, celery and carrots to the hot pan and cook until softened, about 3 minutes.
Stir in the tomato paste and the Italian seasoning. Pour the white wine (or 1/2 cup chicken broth) into the pan and bring it to a boil, scraping the browned bits off the bottom of the pan, transfer everything to the slow cooker
Add the remaining ingredients EXCEPT for the white beans, orzo pasta and kale/spinach to the crock and stir well. Cook on LOW for 6 – 8 or High 3 – 4 hours
Add pasta, beans, spinach…cook on high 15 minutes, taste for salt and pepper
Enjoy ❤