sausage and vegetable soup

Ingredients For sausage and vegetable soup

• 1 Tbsp

  olive oil
• 6

  sun-dried tomato basil sausages-i use chicken
• 1 c

  onions diced- i like the frozen, out of a bag for convenience
• 3 md

  carrots, chopped
• 2 tsp

  chopped garlic, about 4-5 cloves
• 1 sm

  zucchini, halved and sliced 1/4 inch
• 1 sm

  summer squash, halved and sliced 1/4 inch
• 1 tsp

  old bay seasoning
• 1/2 tsp

  kosher salt
• 1/4 tsp

  ground black pepper
• 1 tsp

  crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 box

  32 oz low fat, low sodium chicken broth
• 1 can

  14.5 oz diced tomatoes
• 1 can

  8 oz tomato sauce
• 1 can

  8 oz water
• 2

  dried bay leaves
• 1/2 tsp

  dried oregano
• 1/2 tsp

  ground cayenne pepper- optional
• 4 c

  fresh chopped spinach
• 1 can

  15.5 oz cannellini beans rinsed
• parmesan cheese to garnish