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Italian Sausage and White Bean Soup

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Ingredients

The soup base

  • 3 pieces carrots, diced
  • 1 small onion, diced
  • 4 stalks celery, diced
  • 1 cup green beans, cut into ¾-1 inch pieces
  • 1 piece green squash, diced
  • 2 cups chopped escarole or greens of your choice
  • ½ lb sweet sausage
  • 16 ounces cannellini beans, drained
  • 1 cup uncooked soup size pasta
  • 4 cups chicken stock

Seasoning

  • to taste black pepper
  • to taste sea salt

Instructions

  1. Heat olive oil in a large pot and sauté the diced carrots, celery, and onion for 5-7 minutes.
  2. Add diced zucchini and green beans, cooking for an additional 5 minutes.
  3. Remove the sausage from its casing, add to the pot, and brown the meat.
  4. Pour in the chicken stock and bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer.
  5. After about 30 minutes, add the cannellini beans and continue to simmer.
  6. In the last 10 minutes of cooking, add the pasta and let it cook through.
  7. Finally, stir in the escarole and allow it to wilt before serving.
  8. Serve with grated cheese and crusty bread.

Nutrition Facts (estimated)

Servings
8
Calories
276
Total fat
11g
Total carbohydrates
33g
Total protein
14g
Sodium
538mg
Cholesterol
25mg

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