This soup will forever be a staple in our home! I can hear the PiggyToes running to the dinner table…
Ingredients:
1 pound Italian Sausage (Note: I’ve used light ground turkey sausage)
2 cups onion, chopped
1 cup carrot, diced
2 cups button mushrooms, sliced
2 T. garlic, minced
4 cups Chicken Broth
1 14.5 can Chopped Italian-style stewed tomatoes (Note: You can use diced tomatoes and/or fresh tomatoes as well)
1 cup Mafalda Pasta (Note: I’ve also used Campenelle Pasta when I can’t find Mafalda)
2 cups fresh spinach, chopped
1 cup fresh mozzarella, diced/cubed
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
4 tsp. sliced basil leaves
Directions:
1. Brown Sausage in a large saucepan over medium-high heat.
2. Add onion & carrot, saute 3 minutes.
3. Stir in mushrooms & garlic & saute another 3-4 minutes
4. Add Broth & Tomatoes, bring to a boil.
5. Stir in the pasta and simmer until cooked about 10 min. (or according to package directions)
6. Add the Spinach & cook until wilted
7. Serve over mozzarella cheese then garnish with Parmesan & basil
I’ve made this soup so many times and each time, I change something about it. Such as…
I’ve doubled the recipe.
I’ve tripled the recipe.
I added more carrots & spinach once.
I’ve omitted the sausage.
I’ve added all of my FAV Italian Seasonings (Basil, Oregano, Marjoram, Sage, etc.)
Here’s my suggestion:
TRY THIS RECIPE FIRST and next time, tweak it to your liking!
Enjoy!
xo
Mmmmm! I can tell you this is delicious from first hand experience! I had two heaping bowls!
That, you did! Glad you enjoyed it love
Colleen made this last night! It was soooo good! We all enjoyed it and my kids will love it!
Thanks so much for writing! LOVE to hear that everyone enjoyed it! Hope you are well
Angelique, I made this tonight! We eat at 6:30pm and the boys are chomping at the bit to have dinner in a few minutes – smells so good in here! Can’t wait to try it and see if it’s as good as it smells.
I also used turkey sausage – the Jenni-O hot Italian variety, and cheated with prep by using Trader Joe’s soup starters (2 containers), so mine has some celery in it too. I also chopped a full bag of baby spinach in my processor so that it was very fine – my boys are less picky about it that way. I think there’s enough flavor from the hot Italian seasonings (from the turkey sausage) that I don’t need to add any other seasonings…we’ll see. Anyway, thanks for the recipe!!
Katie! Thanks for writing and hope you all loved the soup! Love your changes and will definitely have to try them out next time I make it! THANKS
Hope you are doing well!