Recipe - Easy Italian Sausage Vegetable Soup

One half pound Bulk Italian pork sausage
1 cup Carrots; cut or sliced up
1 lg Baking potatoes; peeled,
1/2" cubes
1 Clove garlic; minced
2 cn Readytoserve beef broth;
14 One half ounce
1 cn Garbanzo beans; drained
1 cn Pastastyle chunky tomatoes;
14 One half oz. undrained
1 One half cup Water
One half teaspoon Dried Italian seasoning
1 Bay leaf
1 cup Zucchini; julienned
Fresh Parmesan cheese;
grated

Prep Time: 15 minutes (Ready in 7 hours 45 minutes)

In large skillet, brown sausage; drain. In 3 One half to 4quart slow cooker,
combine cooked sausage and all remaining ingredients except zucchini and
cheese; stir gently to mix.

Cover; cook on low setting for 7 to 9 hours.

Remove bay leaf. Gently stir in zucchini. Cover; cook an additional 30
minutes or until zucchini is tender. To serve, ladle soup into bowls;
sprinkle with cheese.

7 (1 1/2cup) servings

NOTES : Copyright 1998 The Pillsbury Company

Recipe by: Pillsbury

Posted to recipeludigest by "Valerie Whittle" catspaw@inetnow.net on Feb
24, 1998