Slow Cooker Thursday -- Tortellini Soup

Tortellini Soup

4 cans or 7 cups beef broth

1 can Rotel diced tomatoes with green chilies

1 can diced tomatoes

1 cup shredded carrots

2 cans or 1 bag frozen cut green beans

1 lb. ground beef or turkey

1/2 cup chopped red onions

1 t. minced garlic

1 T. Italian seasoning

1 t. salt (or to taste)

1 lb. bag frozen cheese tortellini

Brown and drain ground meat. Place all ingredients except tortellini in crock pot. Cook on low 4-5 hours. During last 30 minutes, switch to high and place frozen tortellini in crockpot. It smells wonderful!

Serve with hot crusty french bread or garlic bread. Yum!

This recipe is beyond easy, and it was a little kick to it because of the Rotel tomatoes. If you have young children, you may want to use the mild Rotel. One thing we have done is cook the pasta separately, put a large spoonful into the bowl and then add the broth/soup. Then if there is left over broth (there is never left over tortellini!) then we cook elbow macaroni and put that in bowls and add leftover soup. I have this made today, but don't have any tortellini in the freezer, so yes, I will serve it with elbow macaroni. I have 2 boxes of that in my pantry. I have also made the broth from beef bouilion cubes and it tastes just as good -- I could not tell a difference, plus that is another savings in making this soup.

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Edited: I wonder if spinach would be good instead of green beans? A thought!

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