PRETTY Soup

OK, I couldn't remember the name of the WINNING soup from the Contest....but now I have it! And the recipe..... Actually, ALL the soups look really good! But the winner, the
PRETTY SOUP is the one on the back left......

Sweet Potato Minestrone with Turkey Sausage

½ lb smoked turkey sausage,

Cut into ¼ inch slices1 cup diced onion1 cup diced carrot¾ cup thinly sliced celery3 cups water2 cups peeled, diced sweet potato (about 9 ounces)1 tsp. dried oregano½ tsp. coarsely ground pepper¼ teaspoon salt2 (14 ½-ounce) cans no salt whole tomatoes, undrained and coarsely chopped1 (15- ounce can) Great Northern beans, rinsed and drained8 cups coarsely chopped spinachCombine first 4 ingredients in a Dutch oven; sauté over medium-high heat 7 minutes or until sausage is browned.Add water and net 6 ingredients. Bring to a boil; cover reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes or until veggies are tender. Stir in spinach; cook and additional 2 minutes. Yield 7 servings (about 1 ½ cups)Notes: I used almost double the amount of meat and it was hot turkey sausage, crumbled I also used yams instead of sweet potatoes, only because for the longest time, I really didn't know the difference Of course, who uses whole tomatoes when you can buy them already chopped up.By the way, this is probably one of the easiest soups to make!!! The Broth is usually not quite as thick as it was this time. Who knows why. It is good either way.



OK, Marcy, that's quite a lot of coverage for the Soup Contest! But it is a GREAT event and I can tell you from experience that it's a wonderful feeling to be the CHAMP. Right now, I feel like a has-been....I AM as has-been! and so I'm working on next year's entry.

At the moment I'm furiously working on getting stuff ready for a show in Richmond the first weekend of May. So coverage of the FABULOUS Kathy Ross 50th Birthday Kidnapping and Extravaganza has been slow to show up. Soon......to a blog near you....no, actually right here. You don't have to go anywhere. Soon, it'll be here. Hang on.