1 lb spicy sausage (ground or links, sliced)
8 medium-sized carrots (about 1 pound), sliced
14.5 oz can diced tomatoes
1 medium-sized zucchini (about one cup), chopped
1 medium-sized yellow squash (about one cup), chopped
15 oz can cannellini (white kidney) beans, rinsed and drained
3 cups chicken broth
24 oz jar of your favorite pasta sauce
1. Put sausage in bottom of slower cooker. Add all the other ingredients and cook on low for 8 hours, or until the carrots are soft.
2. Break apart sausage and stir.
8 medium-sized carrots (about 1 pound), sliced
14.5 oz can diced tomatoes
1 medium-sized zucchini (about one cup), chopped
1 medium-sized yellow squash (about one cup), chopped
15 oz can cannellini (white kidney) beans, rinsed and drained
3 cups chicken broth
24 oz jar of your favorite pasta sauce
1. Put sausage in bottom of slower cooker. Add all the other ingredients and cook on low for 8 hours, or until the carrots are soft.
2. Break apart sausage and stir.
Freezer Meal Method:
1. Label 1 gallon-sized freezer ziploc bag.
2. To the freezer bag, add pasta sauce, cannellini beans, carrots, tomatoes, zucchini, yellow squash, onion, and ground sausage. Add the ground sausage last, so it's the first ingredient poured into the slow cooker. Do not add chicken broth to bag; it will be added when you are ready to cook the meal.
3. Remove as much air from the freezer bag as possible, seal, and lay flat in your freezer.
4. The night before cooking, move frozen bag to refrigerator to thaw.
5. The morning of cooking, pour contents of bag into slow cooker, add chicken broth, and cook on low for 8 hours or until carrots are soft.
6. Break apart sausage and serve.
1. Label 1 gallon-sized freezer ziploc bag.
2. To the freezer bag, add pasta sauce, cannellini beans, carrots, tomatoes, zucchini, yellow squash, onion, and ground sausage. Add the ground sausage last, so it's the first ingredient poured into the slow cooker. Do not add chicken broth to bag; it will be added when you are ready to cook the meal.
3. Remove as much air from the freezer bag as possible, seal, and lay flat in your freezer.
4. The night before cooking, move frozen bag to refrigerator to thaw.
5. The morning of cooking, pour contents of bag into slow cooker, add chicken broth, and cook on low for 8 hours or until carrots are soft.
6. Break apart sausage and serve.
Source: No Cook Freezer Meals, by Kelly McNelis (thefamilyfreezer.com)
Try #1 - February 24, 2022
I decided to just make this in the crockpot without freezing first, to see if it was a meal worthy of freezing. It was! The soup was delicious, and easy, and hit the spot on a cold February night. I will definitely try the freezer method on this one. Some modifications I made: I used Trader Joe's sweet Italian chicken sausage links, sliced (next time I would cut the pieces even smaller) and I used an extra zucchini instead of a yellow squash. I also used garbanzo beans instead of cannellini. For the pasta sauce, I used a 15 oz can of Kirkland pasta sauce and then added enough Classico sauce to get up to the 24 oz total. We served this with Abby's biscuits, but it would also be great with crusty bread.
I decided to just make this in the crockpot without freezing first, to see if it was a meal worthy of freezing. It was! The soup was delicious, and easy, and hit the spot on a cold February night. I will definitely try the freezer method on this one. Some modifications I made: I used Trader Joe's sweet Italian chicken sausage links, sliced (next time I would cut the pieces even smaller) and I used an extra zucchini instead of a yellow squash. I also used garbanzo beans instead of cannellini. For the pasta sauce, I used a 15 oz can of Kirkland pasta sauce and then added enough Classico sauce to get up to the 24 oz total. We served this with Abby's biscuits, but it would also be great with crusty bread.
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