Sweet potato minestrone with turkey sausage

7 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ pounds Smoked turkey sausage; cut in 1/4\" slices
1 cup Diced onion
1 cup Diced carrot
¾ cup Thinly sliced celery
3 cups Water
3 cups Diced peeled sweet potato
1 teaspoon Dried oregano
½ teaspoon Coarsely ground pepper
¼ teaspoon Salt
29 ounces No-salt-added whole tomatoes; canned, undrained and coarsely chopped
15 ounces Great northern beans; canned, rinsed and drained
8 cups Coarsely chopped spinach

Directions

1. Combine first 4 ingredients in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat; saute 7 minutes or until sausage is browned.

2. Add water and next 6 ingredients (water through beans). Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender.

Stir in spinach; cook an additional 2 minutes.

Yield: 7 servings (serving size: 1-½ cups).: PER SERVING -CALORIES 221; FAT 7.3g; PROTEIN 12.1g; CARBOHYDRATES 29.3g; FIBER 6.3g; CHOLESTEROL 0mg; IRON 4.2mg; SODIUM 525mg; CALCIUM 189mg. each serving provides 16,973 IUs vitamin A and 48mg vitamin C.

Copyright sources: 1997.COOKING LIGHT 1997. FAMILY.COM For variation: see "Sweet Potato Minestrone" >eat-lf Archive Jan-98 Recipe by: Cooking light and Family.com Posted to Digest eat-lf.v097.n026 by KitPATh <phannema@...> on Jan 22, 1998

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