🤎 Today’s Comfort Recipe: Cozy Creamy Sausage & White Bean Soup

🤎 Today’s Comfort Recipe: Cozy Creamy Sausage & White Bean Soup

Hearty, gentle, and deeply satisfying—this one warms you from the inside out.

Serves: 6–8Prep Time: 10 minutesCook Time: 35–40 minutes

🫘 Ingredients

• 1 lb smoked sausage or kielbasa, sliced

• 2 tbsp butter or olive oil

• 1 small onion, diced

• 2 cloves garlic, minced

• 2 carrots, sliced

• 2 celery stalks, chopped

• 2 cans (15 oz each) cannellini or great northern beans, drained & rinsed

• 4 cups chicken broth

• 1 cup milk or half-and-half

• 1 tsp thyme

• ½ tsp smoked paprika

• ½ tsp black pepper

• ½ tsp salt (to taste)

• Optional: handful of spinach or kale at the end

🍳 Instructions

1. Brown the SausageIn a Dutch oven, heat butter/oil and lightly brown the sausage. Remove and set aside.

2. Build the BaseIn the same pot, sauté onion, garlic, carrots, and celery until soft and fragrant.

3. Add Beans & BrothStir in beans, broth, thyme, paprika, salt, and pepper. Bring to a gentle simmer.

4. SimmerCook 20–25 minutes until vegetables are tender.

5. Make It CreamyReturn sausage to the pot. Stir in milk/half-and-half and warm through (don’t boil). Add greens if using.

6. ServeLadle into bowls and enjoy with crusty bread or warm biscuits.

🤍 Comfort Tip

Lightly mash a scoop of beans against the pot to thicken—no flour needed, just cozy goodness.