North Woods Bean Soup

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 1 cup baby carrots, halved
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 7 ounces turkey kielbasa, halved lenghtwise and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 4 cups fat-free low-sodium chicken broth
• 1/2 teaspoon dried italian seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 (15 7/8 ounce) cans great northern beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 (6 ounce) bag fresh baby spinach leaves

Recipe

• 1 heat a large saucepan coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat.
• 2 add carrots, onion, garlic, and kielbasa and saute 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• 3 reduce heat to medium and cook 5 minutes.
• 4 add broth, seasoning and beans.
• 5 bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes.
• 6 place two cups of soup in a blender, process until smooth.
• 7 return the pureed mixture to pan and simmer an additional 5 minutes.
• 8 remove soup from heat.
• 9 add the spinach, stirring until spinach wilts.
• 10 enjoy.