Sausage Tortellini Soup

 I was SO NOT in the mood to cook supper last night. . . . I messed around doing other things trying to avoid the inevitable. Then I saw the packs of tortellini that I bought at Aldi's and decided to start with those.

I made this for supper last night and my husband said that I MUST write down the recipe. Then he said, "you ought to put it on your blog". We loved it enough that I decided to do just that. Ravi took 4th helpings! Most everyone else took 2nd's or 3rds. The scales showed it this morning. LOL

Here is what I started with - in a very unmotivated way I took 2 packs of tortellini.









 I put about 2 quarts of water in this kettle. Add about 1 Tablespoon of salt to that water.
By the way I am a kinesthetic learner. I learn as I go and I love
to just try all different sorts of things (without a recipe). 












You bring the water to a boil and then add 2 bags of that tortellini --I got mine from Aldi's. Let it simmer for 10-15 min. In the mean time look desperately online for a recipe for something to make with tortellini.
Ah ha! Soup!
But I don't feel like cooking chicken. . . But ya know
sausage would be just as good.










Once the tortellini is soft I decided to dump in a jar of alfredo sauce that I had picked up at Aldi yesterday. So I dumped it into the water and tortellini. I put some milk in the jar and put the lid on and shake it to get all the extras out. While dumping that milk in
I thought. Milk? Yeah, Milk! That would make this soup
taste good. Not so much water based -- more creamy.
So take the now empty alfredo sauce jar &  add 3-4 TBS of flour toit. Then fill it 3/4th of the way full of milk. Put the lid on and shake.
Add this to the kettle. Add another 2 cups of milk to the kettle.

 Then I decided to chop 2 small onions (dice them fine) and add them to the soup. Cause we love onions!
Then I cut up 1 and 1/2 links of the sausage and added that.

Hmmm . . . one recipe said to add Parmesan cheese. That sounds good. So I dumped in some Parmesan cheese.
 Another recipe said to add garlic. So I sprinkled in some garlic powder.
But it needs more color.
One recipe said to add oregano. I didn't know if I wanted that flavor, but I wanted the color. So I added a dump of dried parsley.
That looked nice! But still not enough color.
So I chopped one large tomato and threw that in.
There! I like that!

I let it simmer for just a few minutes to soften the tomatoes and slightly cook the onions.But then it seems too thick.
So I add more milk - probably another quart.
And then I decide it probably needs more Parmesan cheese since I added more milk. So I dump some more cheese in.













Here is a pic of all the ingredients. You can see the
big jug is milk. We get it from a farm.
I am allergic to bought milk.

 Here is a pic of the completed product. It is rich
and creamy! Enjoy
































Here is the recipe as near as I can figure:

2 -- 8 oz packs of mushroom tortellini (from Aldi)
1 TBS salt
2 quarts of water

Cook this for 10-15 min.
Add:
1 & 1/2 links of spicy sausage chopped
2 small onions diced finely
1-15 oz jar of roasted garlic Alfredo sauce (from Aldi)
1 tsp garlic powder
1 TBS dried parsely
2-3 quarts of milk
3-4 TBS flour (mixed with milk)
3/4th - 1 cup Parmesan cheese.

Add and simmer for about 5 min.
Then chop a large fresh tomato and add.
Let simmer for 5-10 more min.
Enjoy!