Italian Peasant Soup recipe

Italian Peasant Soup simmering away

Day 12 - January 12, 2012

^ That's a lot of 12s!

But, I digress. Thursday is work-from-home day for me, which can either be great for accomplishing things, both work, and personal OR it can be a disaster of forgetting to eat and working way past normal hours. Today was a fantastic mix of getting lots done. One of the most exciting was making this fantastic pot of "Italian Peasant Soup". It's really good and makes enough to refrigerate/freeze for future quick meals. I got the recipe from my aunt, so I apologize for not being able to source it properly. We also made paleo vanilla cupcakes which are AMAZING as well. Recipe in a future post.

Italian Peasant Soup

1 pound Italian sausage, I suggest hot

2 medium onions, chopped coarsely

4-6 garlic cloves, crushed

1 pound boneless chicken, cut into 1" pieces

2 (14.5 oz) cans chicken broth (I used a 32oz carton)

1 (14.5 oz) can diced tomatoes

1 tsp dried basil

1 tsp dried oregano

6 cups coarsely chopped baby spinach leaves

In a large pot, cook sausage over medium heat until browned. 

Add onions and garlic, saute until tender.

Add chicken, saute and stir until no chicken is cooked.

Add the broth, tomatoes, basil and oregano. Stir to mix.

Cook, uncovered for 10 minutes.

Add the spinach and heat just until wilted.

Enjoy! Even better the next day.

Food:

Breakfast - omelet with ham, cheese, peppers and onions

Lunch - banana with almond butter and cashews

Dinner - Italian Peasant Soup

Post-WOD snack - paleo vanilla cupcake (OMG, recipe to come)

Workouts:

morning row (2 "miles")

Murph-tries-to-kill-Elle

3 rounds, 1.5 "mile" row, 20 burpees, 25 situps, 2minutes rest

(25:12)