Meredith's Italian Sausage White Bean Soup

1 lbs Italian sausage

4 strips bacon cut up

1/2 medium onion chopped

2 small carrots peeled & chopped

2 cups baby spinach packed

3 cloves garlic minced

4 cans white beans (cannellini)

4 cups chicken broth

1/4 tsp Italian seasoning

1/4 tsp dried rosemary

1. In large pot, cook sausage and chopped up bacon. Transfer out of pot when finished

2. Sautee  onion in grease until tender and starting to brown

3. Finely chop garlic and put into heat for 30 seconds until nice and fragrant. Just don't burn.

4. Add beans, broth and seasonings

5. Remove pot from heat and use immersian blender to puree soup until thick. Leave some beans whole

6. Put meat back into pot and add chopped carrots. Bring to a boil

7. Put lid back on but slightly ajar and reduce heat to simmer for 15 - 20 minutes

8. Stir in spinach for the last couple of minutes and season with salt & pepper to taste