Sausage Soup!!!!!

Have you ever been to Bertucci's? Well they have this great sausage soup. Of course it is loaded with fat (that is probably why it tastes so good) anyway i recreated it in my kitchen and I think it tasted better.

1lb good italian sausage you can buy it bulk or you could use turkey sausage
1 medium onion
3-4 garlic cloves chopped
1/2 can tomato paste
beef stock- I use my own but you could use 3-4 cans i recommend low sodium
1 can of water
1 package of frozen spinach
1 small zucchini chopped
fresh basil leaves i use lots use to your preference
brown rice
salt and pepper
red pepper flakes

1. saute the onion and the sausage meat til the meat is browned, if you don't buy bulk make sure to take it out of the casing. be sure that you break the meat up well

2. add the zucchini,garlic and then add the paste then the stock,water and spinach. Simmer on low for a couple of hours

3. This is the part when you step in and make it your own. I always make the rice on the side then add it at the end as well as the basil.

This is so yummy on a cold new england day. Ask ??? if you have any...