Name: Pasta e Fagioli Soup with Chicken Sausage
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 8 h
Total time: 8 h 10 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 package feta spinach chicken sausage, sliced on the diagonal ¼ inch thick; 1 ½ chopped onion (about 1 medium); 1 cup sliced celery (stalk and leaves); 2 Tetrapacks Colavita Diced Tomatoes; 15 oz can red kidney beans, rinsed and drained; 15 oz can cannellini beans, rinsed and drained; 32 oz Rachael Ray All-Natural Chicken Stock; 25 oz Colavita Strained Tomatoes; 1 cup water; 2 tsp dry Italian seasonings; 1 dried bay leaf; ¼ cup chopped Italian flat leaf parsley; ½ tsp red pepper flakes; Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste; 8 oz Colavita Elbows; 8 oz baby spinach; 1 tbsp cornstarch mixed with 2 tbsp. water, (optional)

Pasta e Fagioli Soup with chicken sausage: this delicious hearty soup can be prepared in your crockpot (slow-cooker) or on the stove top.

1 package feta spinach chicken sausage, sliced on the diagonal ¼ inch thick

1 ½ chopped onion (about 1 medium)

1 cup sliced celery (stalk and leaves)

2 Tetrapacks Colavita Diced Tomatoes

15 oz can red kidney beans, rinsed and drained

15 oz can cannellini beans, rinsed and drained

32 oz Rachael Ray All-Natural Chicken Stock

25 oz Colavita Strained Tomatoes

1 cup water

2 tsp dry Italian seasonings

1 dried bay leaf

¼ cup chopped Italian flat leaf parsley

½ tsp red pepper flakes

Salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

8 oz Colavita Elbows

8 oz baby spinach

1 tbsp cornstarch mixed with 2 tbsp. water, (optional)

Combine all the ingredients except the pasta, spinach and cornstarch, in your crockpot. Set to low and cook for 7 - 8 hours.

During the last half hour, increase the temperature to high; add the cooked pasta, spinach and cornstarch "slurry" if using. Stir well, cover and cook remaining half hour. Serve in warmed soup bowl.