30 minute Italian Wedding soup, with spinach and fennel, that tastes even better the next day!




Dietary Preferences
Low-Sugar
Ingredients
- 2 cans (32 oz.) low sodium chicken stock
- ½ cup fresh chopped basil
- 2 cups Ocean Mist Farms Value-Added Spinach
- 1 bulb fresh Ocean Mist Farms fennel, chopped or thinly sliced
- 1 cup diced white onion
- 1 can diced tomatoes with Italian seasoning
- 1 lb. Italian sausage links
- 1 cup orzo pasta rice
Directions
- Slice Italian sausage links into bite size pieces and brown in pan. Once brown remove from pan and place off to the side on a paper towel to remove excess oil.
- In large soup pot, drizzle olive oil and saute fennel and white onion for about 5 -10 minutes to soften. Add chicken stock to pot and bring to a boil.
- Add remaining ingredients except sausage- let simmer for about 10 minutes -until Orzo is soft. Add sausage to pot.
- Season with salt/pepper/garlic salt to taste as needed.
- Serving Suggestion: sprinkle grated Parmesan cheese over top of soup in the serving bowl.