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I don't know how you meal plan and cook, but I find myself choosing recipes that I know most everyone in my family will enjoy. I don't often stop to think, about what I really like to eat. I think this is pretty typical mom behavior. Today, is a little different. Today, I want to talk about one of my favorite recipes. I love this soup! I can't get enough. I love to make it because it is so easy. It also tastes even better the next day when much of the soup is absorbed into the pasta. For me, the best recipes are the recipes that I can cook once and then use for a couple of meals. It takes time to cook Real Food and if I can make two meals at once............that is certainly a good thing.
Zesty Crockpot Italian Pasta Soup
- 1 pound bulk Italian Sausage (Browned and drained)
- 3 Cups of Beef Broth
- 1 Cup Water
- 1 28 ounce can of diced tomatoes
- 1 6 ounce can of tomato paste
- ½ cup onion, chopped
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 4 - 5 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 Tablespoon of dried parsley
- 1 Tablespoon of dried basil
- 2 Cups uncooked shell pasta (whole wheat preferred)
- 1 Cup of additional Water
- Optional: Top with shredded Mozzarella cheese or grated Parmesan.
- Mix Tomatoes and Tomato Paste in the crockpot.
- Stir in cooked Italian Sausage.
- Add Broth, Water, Onion, Garlic, Basil, Parsley, Salt and Pepper.
- Cook on LOW for 7 - 8 hours or HIGH for 4 - 5 hours.
- At the end of the cook time, add Pasta and 1 Cup of Water.
- Stir to combine pasta.
- Let Cook for an additional 30 minutes
This feeds my family of 5 to 6 and we have lots of leftovers. If you would like to stretch it further or like it with more soup broth, extra water or beef broth can be added.
Enjoy!
What are your favorite quicker than quick meals? Do you cook for your likes or your family? Is it possible that you all like the same thing?
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This looks and delicious! And it's perfect for those crazy evenings when we have too many places to be! Looking forward to trying it.
Tricia @ http://www.roadtriptheworld.com
I hope you enjoy it Tricia. It really is delicous, easy, and perfect for busy evenings. Even though we are busy, we still need to eat and that fast food stuff will not give us the nutrition to keep up with our busy schedules.
Definitely trying this! I am all about easy! And it looks like something everyone here will eat. Your schedule and mine sound very much alike!
Glad I found something your family will eat. If they are anything like my family, I know that isn't always easy. Running around to sporting events and not knowing if you are coming or going……..yep, that's my schedule. I love it though. I wouldn't trade it for anything.
oh my, looks like a perfect soup to make in the crockpot.
It really is delicous Antionette. Using the crockpot just makes it so easy. It simmers all day while I'm at work and I come home to delicious soup. I love the delicous aroma I come home to.
I love this recipe! Definitely going to try, thank you!
Thanks for stopping by Christian! Let me know what you think after you try it. It is really easy, I promise. I hope you stop back to visit us often.
I love a recipe with pasta that doesn't have to bee cooked ahead of time! I'm pinning this to my Fall board, since that's the only time I can get away with soup for dinner in this house 🙂
Oh, you are really going to love this then Nicole. The pasta cooks in the soup and absorbs all that flavor. Yum! Wish I had a pot cooking today. My family likes soup quite a bit, but they like a salad, sandwich, bread, or muffin to make it more hardy.
Yum that looks good! I'm really into soup right now as it's geetting colder!
Soup is such comfort food in the cooler weather. This one is super easy to make too. I hope you enjoy it. I hope you come back to visit us often Merissa.
Mmm this totally looks like something my husband would love – he loves anything Italian! 🙂
Your husband is going to love this soup then. It is flavored with lots of Italian spices. Can there ever be too much garlic? LOL! Thanks for stopping by. I hope you come back to visit often.
Looks so yummy!!! pinning it!
I absolutely love soup – This sounds like a winner 🙂 Pinning this! Thanks so much for linking up to All My Bloggy Friends this week!