Sausage w/ Beans & Spinach

By cyosi

Ingredients

• 3/4 pound kielbasa (I use applewood chicken sausage - 4 links)
• 2 cups chicken broth (vegetable broth works great in a pinch as well!)
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1/2 a small onion diced
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 cups Cannellini beans (dried, soaked overnight)
• Two medium sized tomatoes diced up really small, it should come to about 1 cup or more
• 6 cups baby spinach leaves
• shredded parmesan and parsley (for garnish)

Preparation

Step 1

If using dry beans, soak over night in hot water with lid on. A trick- boil water, pour beans in , cover with lid let it sit. In the morning, rinse out then head on to the next step.

Sausage– I like to sear it well on the sides then cut it up ( if using sausage links). Once it’s all cooked I add it along with whatever juice/grease that the sausage made from the pan and add it into the beans.

Sauté, onion and garlic into a large pot. Once the onion has softened, add the oregano, broth and beans. Stir it up before adding in tomatoes. Heat through till the beans are tender. It takes about an hour or more depending on heat variation. Once beans are tender add in the spinach and cook just until the leaves are wilted. Sprinkle with parmesan and parsley just before serving.