Easy Healthy Sausage Spinach Wild Rice Soup

WW Recipe of the Day: Sausage, Spinach, Wild Rice Soup

I love this easy healthy soup with Italian sausage, spinach and wild rice.

I first made it back in October 2000, when it caught my eye in Cooking Light Magazine.

I clipped it and added it to my favorite recipes file. My mom—a fellow homemade soup lover—thought it was great and wanted the recipe too.

Spinach Sausage Wild Rice Soup

You know you've found a winning soup recipe when you're still making it 18 years later!

I'm not even sure now what the original recipe title was. I just call it Italian Sausage, Spinach & Wild Rice Soup—since those are the main ingredients.

It's filling and delicious—making it a great choice for a light and healthy weeknight supper (or Sunday night supper when you feel ready to compensate a bit for a weekend of indulgences.)

Skinny on Easy Healthy Sausage Spinach Wild Rice Soup

The recipe calls for wild rice - which is delicious, but expensive - and may be difficult to find depending on where you live.

I'm in Northern Wisconsin right now - where wild rice is plentiful.

But I've made it with a blend of long grain and wild rice which was good too. So, use what you have—it will still be tasty and delicious.

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How Many Calories and WW Points in this Soup?

According to my calculations, each generous 1-⅓ cups serving has just 161 calories and:

3 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
3 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
2 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
4 *PointsPlus (Old plan)

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If you like this Italian-inspired soup, be sure to check out my other WW Friendly recipes including Slow Cooker Ham and Wild Rice Soup, Southwestern Turkey Vegetable Soup, White Bean Soup with Butternut Squash and Kale, Italian Zucchini Pesto Soup and Tangy Spinach Florentine Soup with Chicken

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3.36 from 17 votes

Italian Sausage, Spinach, Wild Rice Soup Recipe

This recipe calls for wild rice, which is delicious, but substitute what you have. It also calls for 3 cups of torn spinach, but I always use more. It also calls for a combination of basil and oregano. I used Italian seasoning blend, since it's what I had on hand.

Prep Time20 minutes mins

Cook Time30 minutes mins

Total Time50 minutes mins

Servings (adjustable): 9

Calories: 161

Author: Martha McKinnon | Simple Nourished Living

Ingredients

• ▢ 1-½ cups water
• ▢ ½ cup uncooked wild rice
• ▢ 1 pound turkey Italian sausage
• ▢ 1 teaspoon olive oil
• ▢ 1 cup chopped onion
• ▢ 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• ▢ 3 cups water
• ▢ 3 tablespoons tomato paste
• ▢ 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• ▢ 1 teaspoon dried basil
• ▢ 3 cans (16 ounces each) fat-free, low-sodium chicken broth
• ▢ 1 can (14.5-ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
• ▢ 3 cups torn spinach
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon salt
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon black pepper
• ▢ 3 tablespoons grated fresh Parmesan cheese

Instructions

• Bring 1-½ cups water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Add the wild rice. cover, reduce the heat to low, and simmer 1 hour or until tender. Set aside.
• Heat oil in Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Crumble the sausage into the pan and cook, stirring to break up the sausage into small pieces, heat until it begins to brown.
• Drain sausage, if it seems greasy - but so many of today's sausages are so lean - there may be nothing to drain.
• Add onion, and cook, stirring often, for 3 minutes.
• Add the garlic, and cook for 1 minute.
• Add 3 cups water, tomato paste, dried oregano, dried basil, chicken broth, diced tomatoes and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer gently for 20 minutes.
• Stir in the cooked wild rice, spinach, salt, and pepper. Taste and adjust the seasonings.
• Ladle the soup into bowls and sprinkle sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.

Equipment

Medium Saucepan

6-Quart Dutch Oven

Wild Blend Rice

Recipe Notes

The recipe calls for wild rice – which is delicious, but expensive – and may be difficult to find depending on where you live. So, use what you have and it will still be tasty and delicious.

Serving size: generous 1-⅓ cups

3 *SmartPoints (Green plan)

3 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)

2 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)

4 *PointsPlus (Old plan)

Nutrition Facts

Italian Sausage, Spinach, Wild Rice Soup Recipe

Amount Per Serving (1 -⅓ cups + 1 teaspoon Parmesan cheese)

Calories 161 Calories from Fat 54

% Daily Value*

Fat 6g9%

Carbohydrates 13g4%

Fiber 2g8%

Protein 14g28%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Course: Soup

Cuisine: American

Keyword: sausage wild rice soup, spinach sausage soup

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*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.

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