Smoked Sausage Soup

*Asha*'s Note:

Tasty, light and easy. One of my favorite meals is a bowl of soup and grill cheese sandwich. I make this one often.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 8

Yield: 1.0 cup

• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 (14 ounce) package smoked low-fat sausage, sliced
• 1 1/2 cups onions, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup celery, chopped
• 1/2 cup carrot, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 (32 ounce) carton fat-free low-sodium chicken broth
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1/3 cup uncooked long grain rice
• 1 (7 ounce) bag fresh baby spinach

Directions:

1. Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add sausage, onion, celery, carrot, and garlic.
2. Saute for 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
3. Add chicken broth, tomatoes and rice, and bring to a boil.
4. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes or until rice is done.
5. Salt and black pepper to taste.
6. Remove from heat and add spinach.
7. Stir until spinach wilts.
8. Grab a big bowl and enjoy!

Reviews

[LonghornMama]

Flavorful, light and delicious! A lovely mix of colors and textures. Only change I made was to use homemade chicken stock. This would be wonderful with leftover ham as well. Thanks, AshaK, for sharing the recipe!

[Dandy Sandy]

I like jambalaya, so I loved this soup. It was very easy to make and used ingredients I naturally have on hand. I doubled the recipe. In order to make it less expensive, I added one can of chicken broth and finished off the liquid with water and bouillion cubes. I also added a little extra rice and had to flavor it with celery seed since I didn't have enough celery.