Sweet Potato Minestrone with Turkey Sausage
- ½ pound turkey sausage, cut into ¼” slices
- 1 cup diced onion
- 1 cup diced carrot
- ¾ cup thinly sliced celery
- 3 cups water
- 2 cups diced peeled sweet potato
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon coarsely ground pepper
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 (14.5-ounce) cans no-salt-added whole tomatoes, undrained and coarsely chopped
- 1 (15-ounce) can Great Northern beans, rinsed and drained
- 8 cups coarsely chopped spinach
- Combine first 4 ingredients in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat; sauté 7 minutes or until sausage is browned.
- Add water and next 6 ingredients (water through beans). Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Stir in spinach; cook an additional 2 minutes.
Yield: 7 servings (serving size: 1 ½ cups).
Note: Besides the nutrients listed below, each serving provides 16,973 IUs vitamin A and 48mg vitamin C.
Calories: 221 (30% from fat); FAT 7.3g; PROTEIN 12.1g; CARB 29.3g; FIBER 6.3g; CHOL 0g; IRON 4.2g; SODIUM 525mg; CALC 189mg
recipe from Cooking Light magazine
