Cabbage Orzo And Sausage Soup
Ingredients:
1/2
lb
Turkey sausage
1
tb
Olive oil
1
Onion,medium-size,chopped
1
Carrot,lg,1/4" thick slices
1
Garlic clove,finely chopped
2
c
Water
14 3/4
oz
Chicken broth,reduced-sodium
15
oz
Plum tomatoes,in juice
2
c
Shredded cabbage
2
ts
Dried leaf basil,crumbled
1
ts
Dried leaf thyme,crumbled
1/2
c
Orzo
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
Method:
1.
Brown sausage in oil in large nonstick saucepan over medium-high heat until browned but not cooked through.
Remove sausage; cut into 16 pieces.
2.
Reduce heat to medium.
Add onion, carrot and garlic to saucepan; saute 3 minutes to soften.
Gradually add water, broth, tomatoes, cabbage, basil and thyme, breaking up tomatoes.
Simmer, covered, 15 minutes.
Add orzo and sausage; simmer, covered, 10 minutes until sausage is cooked and orzo is tender.
Season with salt and pepper.