Slow Cooker Creamy Tortellini Soup
Creamy, smooth, and easy; soup made with sausage, cream cheese, fresh spinach, diced tomatoes, and cheese tortellini. Set it and forget it in the slow cooker!
Servings: 5
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pound sweet Italian sausage
- 1 14 ounce canned diced tomatoes
- 1 large yellow onion diced
- 1 large carrot diced
- 2 garlic clove minced
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- .5 cup heavy cream
- 4 cups chicken or vegetable broth
- 9 ounces cheese tortellini (one package of pre-made tortellini)
- 2 large handfuls fresh baby spinach
Instructions
Prep Ahead
- Brown sausage, using a wooden spoon to break it up and crumble it as it cooks. When cool enough to handle, transfer to a resealable bag or container.
- Chop the carrots, onions, and garlic and store in a resealable bag or container.
- Cooked sausage will store in the fridge for up to 1 week. Chopped vegetables will store for up to 5 days.
Prepare From Prepped
- Add the sausage, diced tomatoes, onion, carrot, garlic, cream cheese, heavy cream, and chicken broth to a large 7-quart slow cooker and secure the lid.
- Cook on low for 4 hours, high for 2, until the vegetables are tender and cooked through.
- Add the cheese tortellini and fresh spinach to the slow cooker and return the lid.
- Cook a further 20 minutes, until the tortellini is heated through and the spinach has wilted.
- Stir to combine, the serve hot.
Make From Fresh
- Brown sausage, using a wooden spoon to break it up and crumble it as it cooks.
- Transfer the browned sausage to the slow cooker.
- Chop the carrots, onions, and garlic and add to the slow cooker.
- Add the diced tomatoes, cream cheese, heavy cream, and broth.
- Secure the lid and cook on low for 4 hours, high for 2, until the vegetables are tender and cooked through.
- Add the cheese tortellini and fresh spinach to the slow cooker and return the lid.
- Cook a further 20 minutes, until the tortellini is heated through and the spinach has wilted.
- Stir to combine, the serve hot.
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Notes
This creamy, simple recipe is a simple soup to make in your slow cooker. Some people love it so much they only refer to it as “The Soup”; no other name is necessary! It’s customizable as well. I like it with crumbled sausage, but you can leave that out or swap for a vegan sausage instead. And add any extra veggies you like as well- I add chopped bell pepper, green beans, and potatoes sometimes!