Smoked Sausage and Spinach Soup Recipe

I make soup pretty frequently in the winter.  Luckily, the boys generally like soup.  Recently I tossed together a new recipe and was quite pleased with the results.

Ingredients:
1 lb. smoked sausage, diced
1 large onion, chopped
2 large carrots, diced
1 celery rib, diced
5 cups broth (I used chicken)
1 14 oz. can navy beans, drained
1 tsp basil
9 ounce package fresh spinach
1/2 cup orzo
1 tsp basil
30 ounces canned diced tomatoes
5 cloves garlic, minced

Saute garlic, onion, carrots, and celery in a tablespoon of olive oil, in a large stew pot until tender.  Add all other ingredients (except the spinach) and bring to a boil.  Reduce to simmer and cook for 7 minutes.  Add spinach and simmer 3 more minutes until spinach is gently wilted and orzo is tender. 

It turned out wonderfully, and we had plenty of leftovers to eat for lunch the next day.  That's win-win in my book!