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                     TUSCANY PEASANT SOUP+++FGGT98B

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Serving Size  : 6    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Crockpot                         Italian
               Soups                            Vegetables

 Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  4                    Mild italian sausages*
  1                    Inner stalk celery, diced
  3                    Med Zucchini, thinly sliced
  1                    Sm Onion, chopped
  3       c            Beef stock
  1                    (8-oz) can tomato sauce
  2                    Teaspoons fresh chopped
                       Basil or 1/2 tsp dried basil
                       Salt & pepper to taste
                       Grated parmesan or romano
                       Cheese to garnish

 *Preferably turkey sausages Slice sausages 1/2 inch
 thick. Using a large saucepan, brown sausages. (If
 turkey, spray pan first with vegetable spray.)  Pour
 off any fat.  Add celery, zucchini and onion. Sauté 2
 minutes, stirring.  Put stock, tomato sauce and basil
 into crockery pot and mix. Heat on HIGH (300) for 30
 minutes.  Add sausage-vegetable mixture to crockery
 pot. Turn to low and cook 2 to 3 hours. Salt and
 pepper to taste.

  Ladle into bowls and garnish with grated cheese.

 SOURCE: Extra Special Crockery Recipes

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