Simple sausage and vegetable soup (low FODMAP)

60 Minutes • Gluten-free • Low FODMAP • Serves 6 - 8 • This low FODMAP sausage and vegetable soup is delicious to eat and simple to make. And because you make it yourself, you get that “sausage” taste by adding just the right combination of low FODMAP ingredients without the garlic and onions. So enjoy it without consequences!

INGREDIENTS

3 tablespoons garlic-infused olive oil

1 pound ground chicken or pork

8 oz oyster mushrooms – chopped

1 teaspoon Italian seasoning (or equal parts: thyme, oregano, basil, rosemary, and marjoram)

½ teaspoon fennel seed (crushed) - this is what gives it the “sausage” taste

¼ teaspoon paprika

1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes

1 teaspoon salt

14-ounces diced tomatoes (canned or fresh)

32 ounces chicken broth (low FODMAP)

¼ - ½ cup roughly chopped fresh basil (or two teaspoons dried

2 – 3 cups fresh spinach roughly chopped

2 small zucchini – cubed (1/3 cup serving is low FODMAP)

2-3 carrots (thickly sliced)

Gluten free pasta or rice (already cooked)

DIRECTIONS

Put garlic olive oil in a good size soup pot over medium high heat. When hot, add the ground chicken or pork, the chopped mushrooms and all seasonings. Cook until the chicken is cooked through and the mushrooms are tender – about 6 – 8 minutes.

Add:

Chopped tomatoes, chicken broth, and dry basil (if using).

Simmer for 30 – 60 minutes

Adjust seasoning to taste (salt, pepper, red pepper flakes).

Add carrots and cook about 5-6 minutes.

Add zucchini, spinach and fresh basil (if using), cover and simmer just until it spinach wilts – about 1-2 minutes

Add cooked pasta* (cook separately and add before serving)

*If you are serving some gluten free and some regular, then put cooked pasta in bowls and spoon hot soup over the pasta (just remember which ones have the gluten free pasta!)

Garnish with a generous grating of parmesan cheese.

Serve with side salad and warm gluten free bread (such as Against the Grain rosemary bread)

Original recipe inspired by Leslie Kingsbury of Ajijic, Mexico.

This recipe contains affiliate links so you can easily purchase items listed on the page. This is for your information and convenience. If you purchase through this link, I may earn a commission but there is no additional cost to you. Please read my disclosure for more information.