Italian Sausage Pizza Soup

By ccavaletti

Ingredients

• 1 pkg. (1 lb) Italian turkey sausage (I used regular sausage)
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 medium green pepper, cut into strips
• 1 medium sweet red or yellow pepper, cut into strips
• 1 can (15 oz) great northern or cannelloni beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 can (14-1/2 oz) diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1 jar (14 oz) pizza sauce
• 2 tsp Italian seasoning
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 cans (14-1/2 oz each) beef broth
• 1 pkg (5 oz) Caesar salad croutons (We could have used 2 bags)
• Shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese

Details

Servings 12

Preparation

Step 1

***SLOW COOKER RECIPE***


Remove casing from sausage. In a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, crumble sausage and cook until no longer pink.

Add onion and peppers; cook until crisp-tender. Drain and transfer to a 6-qt slow cooker.

Add next 5 ingredients; pour in broth.

Cook, covered, on low until the vegetables are tender, 6-8 hours.

Serve with croutons and cheese.


Test Kitchen Tip:

This one tastes like sausage pizza! Stir in your fave toppers. If your pizza preference runs toward pepperoni, instead of sausage, you're in luck. Go ahead and use some pepperoni, but microwave it for about 20 seconds before adding it to the slow cooker; you'll remove a lot of the grease.


From Taste of Home Magazine, December 2017