Sausage Spinach Tortellini Soup - Quick and Delicious
This tortellini soup with spinach is one of those super quick and easy recipes you can make when life gets busy. With a few simple ingredients, you can make this hearty and healthy soup in less than 20 minutes. Every time I make it I wonder why I don't make it more often!
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 302Kcal
Equipment
- 1 medium to large dutch oven or soup pot
- 1 frying pan to cook the sausage
Ingredients
- 1 small onion finely chopped (yellow onion or sweet onion)
- 32 oz vegetable broth can substitute chicken broth
- 3 Bratwurst sausage can substitute mild Italian sausage
- 10 oz three cheese tortellini or can substitute a different flavored stuffed tortellini
- 4 0z fresh spinach (this is often ½ a bag)
- 1 medium sweet potato peeled and cut into ¾ inch chunks
- optional shredded Parmesan as garnish
Instructions
- Fry sausage either whole, then slice OR slice into coins and fry. I brown the sides of the sausage pieces prior to adding to soup. I recommend doing this in a frying pan, separate from the soup dutch oven / soup pot.
- Saute chopped onion until translucent in a small amount of oil.
- Add vegetable stock and bring to a light simmer.
- Add cut up sweet potato and simmer for 5 minutes. Check with a fork to see if it is tender.
- Add tortellini and fresh spinach. Simmer for the amount of time the tortellini package tells you to cook it (usually 3 - 5 minutes).
- Serve with a sprinkle of shredded parmesan cheese.
Notes
Storage - refrigerate in sealed container for up to 4 days.
If freezing, freeze after soup has cooled. If refrigerated for a few days or frozen, pasta may absorb soup stock and expand. You may need to add some extra stock prior to reheating and serving.
If freezing, freeze after soup has cooled. If refrigerated for a few days or frozen, pasta may absorb soup stock and expand. You may need to add some extra stock prior to reheating and serving.
Nutrition (I am not a nutritionist. These are estimates only)
Serving: 1g | Calories: 302Kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 42mg | Sodium: 1111mg | Potassium: 263mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 5731IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 91mg | Iron: 2mg