Ingredients:

Italian sausage

medium onion diced

few garlic cloves

fresh thyme or rosemary

salt and pepper

sherry or white wine (3/4 c or so)

a can of petite diced tomatoes

a couple diced carrots

5 cups of chicken broth

chicken broth

1/3 cup flour

cooked pasta (1/2 pound or so)

some chopped spinach

Directions:

1. Remove Italian sausage from casing and sauté in a heavy bottom pot. Add a medium onion diced. Sauté until soft.

2. Add a few garlic cloves and fresh thyme or rosemary, salt and pepper. Once brown deglaze with sherry or white wine (3/4 c or so). Scrape up the bottom.

3. Add a can of petite diced tomatoes, a couple diced carrots and 5 cups of chicken broth. Cook on a simmer until sausage is tender. At least 30-45 min. Mix a cup of chicken broth with 1/3 cup flour. Add to soup and boil until thickened. Skim off any oil and taste for seasoning. Add cooked pasta (1/2 pound or so) and some chopped spinach.

Bon Appetit!