Soup du jour -- Mean and Green for St. Paddy's

This week was cold and snowy....March came in like a LION for sure.  I eat a lot of soup in the cold months, I enjoy a hot meal and soup usually isn't terribly high in calories.

This week I made:

Spinach Tortellini Soup

This is a super easy soup recipe, which again I took my own liberties with :)  For this recipe I used frozen spinach, as it is something we keep on hand.

For this recipe, my husband chose his favorite tortellinis...3 Cheese by Buitoni. 

We have 2 cans of chicken broth - you could substitute veggie stock to make this a vegetarian meal.

A can of reduced sodium Northern beans, garlic and frozen spinach.

1 good pot....I used the RockCrok from Pampered Chef.

I added 1 tablespoon olive oil to my pan with my fresh pressed garlic and let that warm and infuse prior to adding the chicken broth and water.  

The broth was brought to a boil and then I added my tortellini, cooking about 10 minutes. 

 I turned down the heat; added my spinach and drained beans. 

The soup was cooked for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Spinach has many health benefits and is great for Mean Green St. Paddy's soup du jour!

~The Ginger Princess was not impressed, but my husband was!~