bean and pasta soup

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 8 ounces lamb sausage
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 onion, finely diced
• 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed minestrone soup
• 2 1/2 cups water
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can great northern beans, undrained
• 1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 cup uncooked spinach pasta

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins Ready Time: 1 hr


• in 4 quart stock pot, cook sausage until lightly browned. add onion powder, garlic, and onion, and cook until tender.
• stir in minestrone soup, water, great northern beans (undrained), kidney beans (undrained), thyme, basil and pepper.
• bring to a boil and then reduce to low, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes.
• stir in pasta and cook another 15 minutes and then serve.