Quick-and-Easy Italian Wedding Soup with Spinach & Fennel

Ingredients

• 2 cans (32 oz.) low sodium chicken stock
• ½ cup fresh chopped basil
• 2 cups Ocean Mist Farms Value-Added Spinach
• 1 bulb fresh Ocean Mist Farms fennel, chopped or thinly sliced
• 1 cup diced white onion
• 1 can diced tomatoes with Italian seasoning
• 1 lb. Italian sausage links
• 1 cup orzo pasta rice
• Slice Italian sausage links into bite size pieces and brown in pan. Once brown remove from pan and place off to the side on a paper towel to remove excess oil.
• In large soup pot, drizzle olive oil and saute fennel and white onion for about 5 -10 minutes to soften. Add chicken stock to pot and bring to a boil.
• Add remaining ingredients except sausage- let simmer for about 10 minutes -until Orzo is soft. Add sausage to pot.
• Season with salt/pepper/garlic salt to taste as needed.
• Serving Suggestion: sprinkle grated Parmesan cheese over top of soup in the serving bowl.
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