Italian Sausage, Tomato, and Macaroni Soup with Basil

Ingredients

• 8 cups homemade chicken stock or use 5 cans chicken broth
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon fennel ground
• 2 cans tomatoes with juice petitie dice
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 package italian sausage 5 links/19.5 oz. hot or sweet turkey
• 1 onion chopped into small dice
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic or less if you're not that fond of garlic
• 1 cup macaroni use Dreamfields Macaroni or whole wheat macaroni for South Beach diet
• 1/4 cup fresh basil chopped, or 2 T chopped frozen basil
• grated Parmesan cheese freshly, for serving, optional

Nutrition

• Calories : 200 calories
• Carbohydrate : 26 grams
• Cholesterol : 10 milligrams
• Fat : 6 grams
• Fiber : 1 grams
• Protein : 12 grams
• SaturatedFat : 0.5 grams
• Sodium : 510 milligrams
• Sugar : 8 grams