Sausage and White Bean Soup

Well slave is facing this holiday with Master out of the country. No sense in feeling sorry for my self. No evening of egg nog and porn! Slave will fix a healthy soup for dinner tonight. After that make some meatballs for my elderly neighbors and do a “reading” of the “story” for them. They do love it and have trouble holding the book and reading esp. at night. That way slave will be serving!

This bean soup is easy to throw together with canned beans, some sausage, and basic seasonings. Slave adds some spinach for some extra color and nutrients.

Ingredients:

1 Tbs Extra Virgin Olive Oil

¾ lbs chicken and apple sausages cut into ½ inch pieces

1 med yellow onion, finely chopped

2 large cloves garlic finely minced

½ teaspoon dried oregano

3 cups chicken broth low sodium, divided (plus extra to thin if needed)

Two 14.5-ounce cans white beans, drained and rinsed (I like to use Great Northern beans.)

1 tablespoon lemon juice

3 packed cups baby spinach

Kosher salt

For serving (optional):

Chopped fresh parsley or grated Parmesan cheese

Directions: 

Spray your dutch oven. Do your cutting. Slice the sausages and chop the onion, mince the garlic.. If you wish, pull the stems off the spinach.

In the dutch oven, heat oil and cook sausage for about 7 minutes.

Reduce to medium heat and add onion and garlic, cook for 5 minutes or until starting to turn transparent.

Add ½ cup of broth and scrap bottom of all fond.

See how clean the bottom of the pot is now.

Now add the oregano, 1 drained can of beans and 1 ½ cup broth. Bring to a simmer.

Blend the other drained can of beans with a cup of broth in a processor until it becomes a puree. Add to pot and return to simmer. This will thicken the soup. 

Add spinach by handfuls so it wilts into the soup and let simmer for about 20 minutes. This will allow the sulfur to cook out of the spinach and unmask the great taste that is buried there.

Adjust taste with salt and pepper but be careful since the sausage has lots of salt in it. 

When you serve you can sprinkle with parsley and or Parmesan cheese if you wish. Serve with a nice warm bread.

Let the warmth and goodness fill you.

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