Description
Hearty creamy sausage tortellini soup brings Italian comfort to your kitchen with rich, savory flavors. Winter nights become warmer when packed with tender tortellini, spicy sausage, and velvety broth you’ll crave again and again.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Proteins:
- 1 pound Jimmy Dean Italian Pork Sausage
Pasta and Cheese:
- 1 (20 ounces) bag frozen cheese tortellini
- 1 (8 ounces) block cream cheese (cubed)
Liquid and Vegetable Components:
- 4 cups (32 ounces) vegetable broth
- 2 (15 ounces) cans Italian diced tomatoes
- 3+ cups fresh spinach
Instructions
- Heat a skillet over medium-high temperature and sauté the sausage until golden brown and fully cooked, breaking it into small crumbles.
- Transfer the browned sausage to a slow cooker, eliminating any excess fat.
- Pour vegetable broth into the slow cooker and add diced tomatoes, stirring to combine with the sausage.
- Cut cream cheese into small cubes and incorporate into the mixture, ensuring even distribution.
- Cover the slow cooker and set to LOW, allowing ingredients to simmer and meld for approximately 3.5 hours.
- Gently fold in tortellini and fresh spinach, ensuring they are submerged in the liquid.
- Continue cooking on LOW for an additional 30-40 minutes until tortellini reaches al dente consistency and spinach wilts.
- Taste and adjust seasoning with salt and pepper if needed.
- Ladle the creamy soup into warm bowls, ensuring each serving contains a balanced mixture of sausage, tortellini, and spinach.
- Serve immediately while hot, optionally garnishing with grated parmesan cheese for extra flavor.
Notes
- Use lean or turkey sausage for a healthier version of the soup, reducing overall fat content while maintaining rich flavor.
- Prep ingredients ahead of time to make slow cooker assembly quick and effortless during busy weeknights.
- Swap cream cheese with low-fat cream cheese or Greek yogurt for a lighter, protein-packed alternative that keeps the soup creamy.
- Add extra vegetables like diced zucchini or carrots to boost nutritional value and create more texture in the soup.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 4 hours
- Category: Lunch, Dinner, Appetizer
- Method: Slow Cooking
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6
- Calories: 456
- Sugar: 5 g
- Sodium: 1120 mg
- Fat: 30 g
- Saturated Fat: 12 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 15 g
- Trans Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 28 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 23 g
- Cholesterol: 75 mg