North Woods Bean Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup baby carrots, halved
1 cup chopped onion
2 garlic cloves, minced
7 ounces turkey kielbasa, halved lenghtwise and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
4 cups fat-free low-sodium chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 (15 7/8 ounce) cans great northern beans, drained and rinsed
1 (6 ounce) bag fresh baby spinach leaves

Preparation

Heat a large saucepan coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat.
Add carrots, onion, garlic, and kielbasa and saute 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Reduce heat to medium and cook 5 minutes.
Add broth, seasoning and beans.
Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes.
Place two cups of soup in a blender, process until smooth.
Return the pureed mixture to pan and simmer an additional 5 minutes.
Remove soup from heat.
Add the spinach, stirring until spinach wilts.
Enjoy.