Sausage Bean Soup

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb ground sweet italian sausage
• 1 medium sweet onion, chopped
• 2 minced garlic cloves
• 1/2 cup diced celery
• 1/2 cup diced carrot
• 1/2 cup diced bell pepper, red, green whatever
• 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes, do not drain
• 3 -4 cups beef broth, depending how liquidy you like it
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon basil
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 (19 ounce) cannellini beans, rinse and drain, progresso makes 19 oz size
• salt, as needed to taste

Recipe

• 1 in a large soup pot, brown the sausage with the onion, breaking up the sausage as it cooks. drain off fat and rinse and drain again well.
• 2 return cooked drained sausage and onions to pot.
• 3 add the garlic, celery, carrots, bell pepper, undrained tomatoes, beef broth, sugar, oregano, basil, thyme, and pepper.
• 4 bring to a boil; reduce heat and gently simmer for 20-25 minutes or until veggies are tender.
• 5 stir in the rinsed and drained cannellini beans. cook for an additional 5 minutes until heated through.
• 6 add salt, if needed, to taste.