tuscan sausage and vegetable stew in a bowl

Because woman cannot live on cinnamon rolls and soft batch cookies alone (although woman may have fun trying) – Tuscan Sausage and Vegetable Stew!

Nosotros just had the most GORGEOUS fall weekend peradventure…ever? Saturday was 68 and sunny, no breeze, and perfect for winterizing our landscaping. Some may mumble about finish of season yard work merely it'due south my favorite. Turns out weeding is easier when everything'south already dead and also, the only affair I love more cleaning the inside of my home is tidying upward the outside. Wish I was kidding.

All that to say I spent Sabbatum afternoon clipping back our hostas, hydrangeas, lilacs, and wild grasses and, although I could barely walk by the finish, I didn't desire to become inside. Our block felt like the set of a Hallmark movie – people walking dogs, raking leaves, and talking over fence lines while red, orange and yellow leaves fell and danced over our heads. The obnoxious buzz of my leaf blower and electric saw actually completed the scene, I think.

Alas I had worked up quite the appetite (no hungrier woman than a nursing one who'southward worked outdoors all twenty-four hours!) and there was a big pot of Tuscan Sausage and Vegetable Stew on the stove ready to be dished up and devoured. Coming in from an afternoon of yard piece of work or not, this stew will nourish your body and soul!

sausage and vegetable stew in a bowl

Tuscan Sausage and Vegetable Stew

Fresh vegetables including carrots, celery, potatoes, and baby spinach are simmered with canned tomatoes, chicken broth, beans, and diced kielbasa to create an absolutely scrumptious and hearty stew. I could eat bowl after bowl of this stuff – it is SO good!!

Maybe you're wondering if my kids ate this healthy stew? Happy to report that they admittedly did – even my newly minted 2 year old. I did add cooked mini shell pasta to their bowls, and told them the sausage was hot dogs, but who cares – two large bowls downwardly the hatch! That said, while I adore this stew equally is, you could definitely add cooked pasta like elbows, orzo, or even alphabet pasta would be super fun too.

This stew is non simply terrific fresh merely reheats well and keeps for several days then it's keen for easy lunches. Add together a few crackers or a sliced apple tree and you're set. Also, due to its hearty, healthy, and comforting nature, this stew would make a terrific commitment to a friend or family member who's just had a baby or surgery, or is in demand. Definitely a food-hug type of dish!

tuscan sausage and vegetable stew in a pot

How to Make This Recipe

Start by heating a drizzle ofextra virgin olive oil in a large soup pot or Dutch Oven over heat that's simply a touch above medium. Add chopped carrots, celery, shallots, kielbasa, and garlic then season with homemade seasoned common salt and pepper.Cover with a lid then cook for vii minutes to start softening the vegetables.

tuscan sausage and vegetable stew ingredients in a pot

Remove the lid then keep to saute until the vegetables are tender, and then add chicken broth, petite diced tomatoes, drained and rinsed Great Northern or garbanzo beans (I've used both and tin can't decide which one I like best!) and Italian seasoning.

Bring the liquid to a boil then add 2 cups diced russet potatoes (~1 medium-sized spud) so partially cover, turn the heat down to medium, and simmer until the potatoes are tender, 20-25 minutes.

vegetable stew in a dutch oven

Terminal step is to add 2 packed cups babe spinach that have been chopped. Stir then melt until the spinach has wilted, merely a minute or so.

fresh spinach being added to a vegetable stew

That's all she wrote! Scoop the stew into bowls then serve with crackers and lots of freshly grated parmesan cheese, if yous please. I hope you love this hearty, soul-satisfying dish as much as nosotros practice! Enjoy!

tuscan sausage and vegetable stew in a bowl

tuscan sausage and vegetable stew in a bowl

Clarification

Tuscan Sausage and Vegetable Stew is packed with healthy vegetables and beans simmered in a nourishing, well-seasoned broth. Hearty and delicious!

Ingredients

serves 6-eight

  • drizzle extra virgin olive oil
  • 13.5oz kielbasa, quartered then chopped
  • ii stalks celery, chopped small
  • 2 medium-sized carrots, chopped small
  • 1 shallot or small onion, chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
  • bootleg seasoned salt and pepper
  • 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
  • 15oz can petite diced tomatoes, undrained
  • 15oz tin bully northern OR garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
  • 4 cups craven broth or stock
  • parmesan cheese rind (optional)
  • 2 cups diced peeled Russet potatoes (~one medium-sized irish potato)
  • 2 packed cups baby spinach, roughly chopped
  • freshly grated parmesan cheese, for topping

Directions

  1. Rut oil in a large soup pot or Dutch Oven over heat that's just a touch to a higher place medium. Add kielbasa, celery, carrots, shallot, and garlic and so flavor with seasoned salt and pepper and stir to coat. Place a lid on peak then melt for 7 minutes, stirring a couple times. Remove chapeau then continue to saute until vegetables accept softened, 5-6 more minutes.
  2. Add Italian seasoning, undrained tomatoes, beans, chicken goop and parmesan cheese rind if using, and so plow heat upwards to high to bring stew to a eddy. Plow estrus dorsum downwardly to medium then add potatoes, partially cover with the lid, and simmer until potatoes are tender, xx-25 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add babe spinach then cook until wilted, 1 minute. Scoop stew into bowls then superlative with parmesan cheese and serve.

Notes

  • I beloved adding leftover parmesan cheese rinds into stews and soups - it adds the best savory flavour!
  • I sometimes add together cooked minor-shaped pasta to this stew for my kids - mini shells, elbows, alphabet letters, orzo, etc.

This recipe is courtesy of Iowa Daughter Eats, http://iowagirleats.com.

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