Italian Sausage Cheese Tortellini Minestrone

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This is a lower fat, delicious, tasty, filling soup loaded with thick, chewy cheese tortellini, italian turkey sausage and wonderful veggies ! This recipe came from light & tasty magazine. A meal in itself!!

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Steps

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Brown italian turkey sausage , onion , and garlic until meat is cooked through and no longer pink.

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Drain meat well.

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Add the beef broth , undrained tomatoes , carrots , celery , ketchup , and italian seasoning.

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Bring to a boil.

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Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes until vegetables are tender.

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Add zucchini , green pepper and and cook for 5 minutes more.

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Stir in tortellini and italian parsley.

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Cook until tortellini is tender.

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Salt and pepper to taste.

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Serve and enjoy !.

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Ingredients

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italian turkey sausage links, onion, garlic cloves, reduced-sodium beef broth, diced tomatoes, carrots, celery, ketchup, zucchini, green pepper, frozen cheese tortellini, red kidney beans, fresh italian parsley, italian seasoning