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Today's recipe is Pinterest slow cooker recipe for soup I tried around the end of March when weather was still cool. The recipe is "Slow Cooker Sausage Spinach & White Bean Soup." It's pretty good actually. Simple to make, but like all soups you can add or subject ingredients as you like! I don't use celery in recipes simply because I use two stalks for the recipe and the rest goes to waste in my frig. I had spinach in the garden, so that's what inspired me to try the recipe. Romaine or even finely sliced cabbage can be substituted for Spinach, use use your favorite color bean and add other vegetables you like. Using a spicy sausage or kielbasa does boost the over-all flavor of this soup! At the bottom I have some seasoning suggestions if you choose a non-spicy meat. (photos are mine) Slow Cooker Sausage Spinach & White Bean Soup Ingredients: 1 Tablespoon olive oil 1 package (12.8 oz) smoked Andouille Sausage, thinly sliced...

Today's recipe is from the "Taste of Home" Magazine of skinny Slow Cooker recipes: Tangy Bean Soup with Cheesy Cornbread Dumplings I tried this last Friday and it's a very good warm chili-flavored bean soup topped with delicious little cheesy cornbread dumplings.  Having tried the recipe, I found the liquid ratio for making the dumplings needed adjustment, so I researched what was common in other recipes and corrected that here. I find it useful to saute onions til transparent with a little olive oil before adding them to the soup because it softens their flavor so it's not sharp. The photo is mine taken at lunch the next day, so the dumplings had absorbed all the broth.  Tangy Bean Soup w/ Cheesy Cornbread Dumplings Ingredients 2 (14 1/2 oz) cans of chicken broth  1 (16oz) package frozen mixed vegetables 1 (15oz) can black beans, rinsed and drained 1 (15oz) can pinto or kidney beans, rinsed and drained 1 can (14 1/2 oz) diced tomatoes, ...