OUR MOST FAVORITE WINTER TORTELLINI SOUP

Anyone a soup lover here? If so…I’ve got the best recipe to share with you today. A few years ago, we had friends come and visit from California. Some of our most favorite people on the planet. Full of life, joy, fun. While they were with us, she produced a recipe for this incredible winter tortellini soup. Comfort food. It’s sort of like that  loaded potato soup recipe that is amazing. It has truly become one of our favorite winter soups.

Comfort food at its best.

A kind of “hit the spot and feed a lot” at the same time.

It feeds my therapy to chop and prepare and produce a bounty of the best soup ever. On days when I just want to feel productive in the kitchen and produce something that will hit the spot, this recipe is it.

It never fails to please.

So off I go. Gathering the ingredients. Getting my favorite  Lodge Dutch oven  out…

Chopping the vegetables.

Adding sausage, garlic and olive oil to the Dutch Oven and browning; then, adding the vegetables to soften.

Cooking the tortellini and putting it all together.

I had never had the pesto tortellini in the winter tortellini soup before and I simply can’t do without having it on hand now. Although you can substitute; if you are close to a Trader Joe’s, by all means stock up!

The bruschetta is divine. So easy to make and always a crowd pleaser.

Our family are BIG soup eaters, so when this recipe arrived in my kitchen to be enjoyed by all, it will never again be left off the menu when cold weather and feet are under my table.

Perhaps one of the best parts of gaining this recipe was actually the time spent cooking with and gathering around the table with the providers of this recipe. They are amazing in every way.

Now with a new little guy who is so adorable, they will be incredible parents.

Our conversations now are mostly by phone or text, with busy lives to come up for air. But, can I tell you that always, they are family to us. Mama Leslie and Daddy G we have been dubbed. And my comment to them always before our conversation ends is…when will you be home? when will your feet be under my table? I can’t wait until traveling is easier. Life is less fearful and gathering and hugs and conversations in close proximity can occur. How about you? Are you ready for those things to return?

I hope that you will enjoy this recipe friends. For all of my soup loving friends, REJOICE! All will be right with the world when you taste this. And right now, that’s a TALL order!

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