Creamy White Bean and Sausage Soup

This creamy white bean sausage soup is the ultimate comfort food. On a cold winter night this soup will hit the spot every time. Turkey Italian sausage , roasted corn, cream and spinach. All these wonderful ingredients makes a wonderful soup. This one pot recipe is very simple to make; your whole family will surly love. I enjoy this recipe all year though. I also love that it comes together in only 40 minutes.

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Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon olive oil

• 1/4 medium white onion, small dice

• 1/4 dice green pepper

• 1/4 dice red pepper

• 1 cloves garlic, minced

• red chili flakes, to taste - optional

• 1 sprig fresh thyme

• 3 cups navy beans, soaked and rinsed

• 4 cups chicken broth or water and chicken bullion cube

• sea salt and ground black pepper, to taste

• 3 cups fresh spinach

• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

• 2-3 Italian sausages, turkey or pork

• 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese

• fresh squeeze lemon juice , on the top of soup at the end

Directions:

• Soak Navy beans cover in water for 8 hours or overnight.

• Heat the oil in a medium-large soup pot over medium heat. Add beans, onions, red and green peppers, to the pot and stir. Saute the vegetables until lightly softened and translucent, about 5 minutes.

• Add to the pot water and chicken bullion cube or chicken broth,garlic,red chili flakes, and thyme. Bring the soup to a boil. Season the soup with salt and pepper. let soup cook on medium heat. Cook beans for about 30-40 minutes or until beans are soften.

• Cut the sausage meat into 1 inch rounds. In a skillet add olive oil and saute the sausage over medium -high heat, about half way cooked.( about 4-3 minutes). Place sausages in the pot. Add heavy cream .

• Add spinach to the pot and bring the soup to a boil. Once the spinach is slightly wilted and bright green, season the soup once more with salt and pepper, if you find it necessary.

• Stir in the Parmesan cheese . Serve the soup hot. Squeeze little fresh lemon juice on soup. Enjoy!

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