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Tortellini Soup

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I love to have a nice bowl of delicious soup in the winter time. There is just no other food that is so comforting during the cold months. You will need: 1 lb. ground spicy italian sausage 1 sweet vidalia onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 tsp. dried oregano 6 cups chicken stock 8 oz. can of tomato sauce 3 carrots, sliced 2 vine ripe tomatoes, chopped 10 oz. frozen package spinach, thawed 1/4 cup basil, chopped 1 tsp. salt 1/2 lb. of fresh tortellini pasta 1 zucchini, sliced 1 red bell pepper, chopped In a large pot over medium-high heat, brown the sausage until no longer pink. Remove the sausage with a slotted spoon and put to the side. Add the onion, garlic, and the dried oregano to the drippings in the pot and saute for 5 minutes. Add the chicken stock, tomato sauce, carrots, tomatoes,  spinach, basil, salt, and the cooked sausage. Bring to a boil and reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Add the pasta, zucchini, and red bell pepper and simmer for another