Slow-Cooker Creamy Tortellini Soup

{Note:  This post contains affiliate links.  Read disclosure here.}

We are in prime time soup season at my house, so any soup that is yummy and easy to make is going to peek my interest.  I tasted this soup for the first time about a month ago when I got away with some old college friends for a girls weekend.  It was so delicious that I was determined to get my hands on the recipe so that I could make it again for my family {Thanks, Barb}.

My family loved it too, which meant that it was definitely a keeper.  This soup is so simple to throw together and it’s hearty enough to pass my husband’s test.  You can serve it with bread and a salad, but you’ll be tempted to eat more than one helping and may not have room for anything else!  I think that you’ll be adding this to your soup repertoire once you taste this.

Ingredients:

24 oz. jar of prepared spaghetti sauce

1 lb. browned Italian sausage

1/2 bag (about 4.5 oz.) fresh spinach leaves

4 C. chicken broth

8 oz. cream cheese

8 oz. fresh mushrooms {omitted in this picture}

16 oz. frozen cheese tortellini {I found mine in the fridge section}

1 C. heavy cream

 

 

Directions:

 

1.  Brown sausage in a pan.  {Note: This picture shows Brats rather than Italian sausage.  I have used both when I have made this soup and I thought both tasted great, so take your pick or grab whichever is on sale at your grocery store!}

 

  

2.  Combine spaghetti sauce, meat, spinach, chicken broth, cream cheese, mushrooms {I don’t normally like mushrooms but they tasted great in this soup}, and heavy cream in a slow-cooker*.  Cook on low for 6 hours, or on high for 2-3 hours.

3.  20 minutes before serving, turn slow-cooker* to high {if it isn’t already} and stir in tortellini.  Cover and cook for 15 minutes or until tender and hot.  Serve with parmesan cheese, if desired.

ENJOY!

* * * * * *

Do you have a favorite soup recipe?

 

Adapted from Heather Likes Food

P.S.  For more frugal family inspiration delivered to your inbox, subscribe to my email list here.