WHITE BEAN & SWEET ITALIAN TURKEY SAUSAGE SOUP
This soup is creamy, slightly spicy and full of nutritious goodies. With lots of protein and complex carbs, it’s the perfect lunch to pack or an easy week-night meal.
Serve to your family with a crisp green salad and some crusty, warm whole grain rolls.
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1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion, finely diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 large red pepper, diced
1/2 pound Sweet Italian turkey sausage, bulk or if using links, casings removed
1 teaspoon basil
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1/4 teaspoon sage
1/4 teaspoon rosemary
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
4 cups low-sodium chicken broth
Two 15-ounce can Cannellini beans (white kidney beans), drained and divided
1/2 cup frozen spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
1/2 cup fat-free half & half
1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese, for garnish
In a stockpot heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add onions, garlic, and red pepper and sauté until onions are tender. Stir in sausage and cook until no longer pink. Add basil, oregano, sage, rosemary, red pepper flakes, salt, and black pepper. Stir in chicken broth. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10-15 minutes.
With a fork coarsely mash the beans from one can. Add to broth mixture. Stir in remaining can of beans, spinach, and fat-free half & half. Allow to simmer for 10 minutes. Serve with freshly grated Parmesan cheese. Makes approx. 8 one-cup servings.
Per Serving: Calories 280; Protein 17 g; Fat 10 g; Carbs 16; Sugar 3 g; Sodium 893 mg
This looks yummy. I may give it a shot this weekend. It’s just starting to get cold and dark–perfect time for a hearty soup.
Oh, my! Linda, your food photography is just stunning. I am so hungry just looking at the front page of your blog. Taking good looking photos of food isn’t easy. Well done!
This looks like such a hearty, comforting soup!
oh simply delicious!! I’m bookmarking this for sure
Looks thick and scrumptious!
Hi Linda…just wondering something. If I don’t have fat free half and half or cream on hand can I use milk?
Yes, use milk, punkin…it will work just fine. Sometimes I use evaporated milk for the added creaminess…but it’s totally up to you.
Creamy white beans and tasty Italian sausage make for a really good soup!
This turned out really good! Thanks for the recipe!
Just made this…it is fantastic!
I’m so glad you are all loving it!! Thanks for the great reviews!
I made this soup for me and my husband, we really enjoyed it. I have lots of leftovers to enjoy. Yummy! Thanks!!
Mmmm, how tasty! This looks like the perfect soup for me!
This soup is AMAZING! The hubs and I loved it!!! Thanks for another great one Linda
I made this for my honey and he loved it the second and third time even better. It made lots and we froze some for later. Thank you!
What bread (if any) would you reccomend with this?
If you can spare the carbs – or are serving your family, one of those crusty, chewy Italian loaves would be great to soak up the broth with. Or a ciabatta studded with rosemary or olives. YUM.
thank you this is going to be GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDD
I am going to adopt a ‘clean eating’ approach and this is a good kickoff soup
I am very new to bariatric lifestyle and I am looking for recipies. I had the duodenal switch surgery. And all of these recipies seem to be about six months away. what surgery did you have?
I had the RNY and really like it. My husband and daughter also had RNY and have done well, too.
Congrats to your new way of life! It will be a very exciting few months to come!!
I made this soup a couple of nights ago and it was excellent! My family really enjoyed it. I used 1 c. evaporated milk instead of fat-free half and half, but that’s the only change I made. I’ll make it again soon. Thanks for the new recipe!
Great recipe! Everyone loved it!
Linda as you know I made this recipe today and it was so good and I highly recommend it! Thanks for all your hard work!
YUM!!! This stuff tastes JUST like the sausage soup from Olive Garden that I used to LOVE pre-op.. I added a few potatoes to the recipe to make it taste even more like it.. amazing.
[...] Tonight, I made a delicious soup full of nutrients and good fat. I’ve decided to loosen up on my “vegetarian” ways and incorporate more meat and fat into my diet to attain better health. I’m always hungry so hopefully eating food thats more substantial will satiate my non-stop stomach and lighting fast metabolism. As long as the animals are treated fairly and are happy and sustainable, I have no problem with including their meat in my diet. Thats why I shop at Whole Foods and would never eat meat from Safeway. Of course, I will never advocate red meat no matter what because I didn’t grow up eating it and its a pretty foreign concept of food to me. But to each his own. This is my recipe for…. let’s call it, “Coconut, Chicken Sausage, and Spinach Soup” (made with Love, of course) and adapted from this recipe: [...]
This looks amazing! Did you use dry or fresh herbs?
I LOVE to use fresh, when I have them, but the measurements in this are for dried!
You’ve created a monster with this soup, just so you know
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I’m preparing to get stuff to make it and right now I’m at 5x the ingredients.
I took it to work one day for MYSELF…and that was all she wrote. I get asked for it way too often. Winter is coming here in NY and a massive batch will be going in the freezer. Lots for me, lots for bf and lots for my work girls!!
Far and AWAY best bariatric recipe I have run across. THANK YOU!!!
HA!! Well…I’m glad you are taking care of YOU and stashing some away! Thanks for the great review, Missy!
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