Slow-Cooker Tortellini Soup

You'll Need:

• 1 pound hot Italian chicken sausage

• 1 cup sweet onion, diced

• 1 cup celery, diced

• 4 cloves garlic, minced

• 3 cups fresh spinach, chopped

• 1 - 12 oz package dried three cheese tortellini

• 3/4 cup crushed tomatoes

• 1 tablespoon cornstarch

• 6 cups chicken broth

• 1 teaspoon dried oregano

• 1 teaspoon dried basil

• 1/2 teaspoon rosemary

• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper

Brown:

Chicken sausage in a skillet, drain fat

-If Freezing:

Whisk together: crushed tomatoes, cornstarch, chicken broth and all dried seasonings

Pour: cooked chicken sausage, onion, celery, garlic, spinach into a gallon sized ziptop bag.

Next: pour in whisked liquid ingredients

Seal: bag and lay flat

Pour: dried tortellini into small zip-top bag. Either staple to gallon sized or slide into bag.

Freeze.

When ready to cook: remove from freezer the night before you plan to cook

Continue with slow cooker instructions as follow-

Pour:

All ingredients except tortellini into slow cooker and cover

Turn:

Heat to low and cook 6-8 hours

-OR-

Heat to high and cook 4-6 hours

Pour:

Tortellini into crock pot during last 30 minutes of cooking

Stir well to combine

Enjoy!