March - Lasagna soup

Hardware:

Large soup pot or stock pot
cutting board/knife

Ingredients
1 lb Italian sausage
2 onions chopped -- I only used 1
garlic - pre-minced to taste
oregano
bay leaf
basil
red pepper flakes (optional)
2 T tomato paste
1 can diced tomatoes
1 med bell pepper diced (optional)
8 oz chopped mushrooms
1 C fresh spinich
6 C broth/stock
pasta -- I used a box of rigatoni

brown sausage until throughly cook and drain -- set aside

In stockpot (can do this while sausage is browning) sweat onion, garlic and add oregano and mushrooms (peppers and pepper flakes if using). Once cooked add sausage when browned and tomato paste.

add in tomatoes, broth and bay leaf -- let this simmer for about 30 minutes

add in pasta, spinish and cook until tender (about 10 minutes) remove bay leaf

add in basil and season with salt/pepper to taste

top with ricotta cheese or other cheeses if you desire.