Tortellini Soup

Hi ladies! This soup is really quick and easy to prepare so you can make it Monday night if you want. Thankfully it's raining this week and not 111 degrees out! Perfect soup weather! This is one of Lily Mei's favorite meals and I think we ate it every Wednesday night last winter. She is really excited all her friends are eating it this week. :) ENJOY!

Tortellini Soup

(adapted from Marissa Bryson’s recipe in the Grace cookbook)

INGREDIENTS

2 cartons of Trader Joe’s Creamy tomato soup

1 carton of chicken stock

1 pound of frozen (or fresh) tortellini

10 leaves of chopped fresh basil

*At Trader Joes they also sell cubes of frozen chopped basil. Use 2 cubes.

2-3 sliced Trader Joe’s sweet basil sausages

1.5 T of minced shallots

Salt and pepper to taste.

Place shallots in a stock pot with a little bit of butter. Cook for about 2 minutes over med-high heat. Add sausages and cook until slightly browned (about 3 minutes) stirring often. Shake the tomato soup cartons well and then pour in the stock pot. Pour in the chicken stock and bring to a boil. Add the frozen tortellini and cook for the amount of time on the package. At the last 3 minutes, add the basil. Add salt and pepper to taste and sprinkle with parmesan cheese if you like.

Serve with warm garlic bread.