Slow Cooker Creamy Tortellini Soup
Slow Cooker Creamy Tortellini Soup is chock full of savory sausage, vibrant spinach and rich tomatoes. A favorite cozy weeknight supper perfect for chilly weather!
Servings: 6 bowls
Calories: 454kcal
Ingredients
- 1 pound sweet Italian sausage
- 3 medium carrots peeled and diced
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1/2 tablespoon dried basil
- 1/2 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 28 ounce crushed tomatoes
- 3 cups chicken stock
- 1 pound frozen tortellini
- 2 cups spinach
- 1 cup half and half
Instructions
- In a skillet over medium heat, break up and brown the sausage. Cook just until it is broken up and browned, no need to cook it through. Drain the grease from the pan.
- Combine the browned sausage, carrots, garlic, basil, oregano, salt, pepper, crushed tomatoes, and chicken stock in a crock pot. Cook on low for 3 and a half hours.
- After three and half hours, turn your crock pot to high and add the tortellini and cook on high for a half hour. After 15 minutes, on high add the spinach.
- Just before serving when the tortellini is done and the spinach is wilted, stir in the half and half.
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Nutrition
Calories: 454kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 95mg | Sodium: 1929mg | Potassium: 540mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 247IU | Vitamin C: 34mg | Calcium: 80mg | Iron: 10mg