Tortellini Sausage Soup

Ingredients:

- 16 ounce Jimmy Dean sausage (or any other sausage you like)
- 1 onion, diced
- 4 cloves garlic, pressed or minced
- 1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes
- 1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1/2 cup apple cider
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 (15-ounce) cans chicken broth
- 1 cup sliced carrots
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 2 tablespoons dried parsley
- 1 (8-10 ounce) package cheese tortellini
- Parmesan cheese

Instructions:

Start cooking the sausage either in the dutch oven or on stove top. Add garlic and onions, cook until sausage and onions are cooked.

Add tomatoes, tomato sauce, apple cider, water, chicken broth, carrots, oregano, parsley, and basil. Put lid on and simmer 1/2 hour. Add tortellini and cook until tender. Use freshly grated Parmesan cheese on top.

A few tips: You don't have to use apple cider, I used apple-pineapple juice last time I made it. Other similar drinks should be fine to use as well. This probably took me 45 minutes to cook, but you're basically just heating everything up, so as long as it's hot and the pasta is cooked you're good to go.