Girls' Weekend!

Finally! It is a girls' weekend! Paul is away with friends in Atlantic City and Dre-Dre is in town from HotLanta!! You know what they say.. when the cats away the mice will play! Hehe... Just Kidding! As soon as I found out Dre was coming, I knew I must make her absolute favorite dinner.. Lasagna Soup! This is the easiest, most delicious, stick to your bones, heart warming, delectable, soup! It is spoon lickin' good! I am not kidding, people will think you slaved over the oven for hours when really, I threw everything into the crock pot, let it cook for 8 hours later and...Voila!  You have the best soup you've ever tasted! I feel like it tastes like Italy, I mean if Italy was an actual flavor! Hopefully you are as happy as we were! It is totally normal to lick the bowls clean.. we did. This is a no judgement zone if you decide you need seconds. You deserve it!

Skinny Lasagna Soup

Serves 4

Original Recipe from Skinnytaste.com

Ingredients:

•   2 tbsp of oil

•   3 cloves of garlic

•   1 Yellow Onion, diced

•   1 package of Organic Italian sausage, casings removed

•   2 Bay Leaves

•   ½ cup of Basil, chopped

•   1 jar of organic Tomato Sauce

•   8 oz of lasagna sheet pasta

•   Fat Free Ricotta Cheese, for topping

•   Parmesan Cheese, for topping

Directions:

Sauté garlic over medium heat in olive oil. Add the diced onion. Occasionally stir the onions and garlic until slightly translucent, about 5 minutes, depending on oven.

Then add the sausage without the casings. Break apart the sausage and continue to stir until browned.

Take off the heat, transfer sausage mixture into crock-pot. Add tomato sauce, basil, and bay leaves. Cook on low for 8 hours. 30 minutes before serving, turn off the crock pot and add 8 oz of lasagna pasta sheets. Stirring once before the 30 minutes are done. Serve with 1 tbsp of ricotta and sprinkled parmesan cheese! Yum!