Golden Harvest Sausage & Veggie Soup
A hearty, flavor-packed soup that blends garden vegetables, aromatic spices, coconut milk, and a splash of salsa for unexpected brightness. Sweet, savory, and deeply nourishing, it’s a perfect “engineered comfort food” to warm body and spirit.
Servings 6
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil or butter
- 2 medium carrots diced
- 2 celery stalks diced
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 1 small eggplant diced
- 1 small yellow squash chopped
- 1 can 14.5 oz diced tomatoes, with juice
- 2 cups tomato sauce or passata
- 1 cup salsa mild, medium, or hot, depending on taste
- 4 cups water or broth for more depth
- 1 cup coconut milk
- ¼ cup heavy cream optional, for richness
- 2 cups chopped spinach and kale mixed
- 10-12 oz cooked sausage sliced or chopped — Italian, chicken, or your favorite
- 1 teaspoon salt to taste
- 2 teaspoons Italian or garden herb blend
- 1-2 tablespoon bruschetta seasoning or sun-dried tomato tapenade
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon ginger ground or fresh grated
- 1-2 teaspoons brown sugar substitute to taste, optional
Instructions
- Sauté the base: In a large soup pot, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add carrots, celery, and onion. Cook 5–6 minutes until softened and fragrant.
- Add the vegetables: Stir in eggplant, yellow squash, and canned tomatoes. Cook another 5 minutes to release flavor.
- Build the broth: Add tomato sauce, salsa, water (or broth), coconut milk, and cream. Stir well and bring to a gentle simmer.
- Season the soup: Add salt, herb blend, bruschetta mix, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger. Adjust seasoning to taste.
- Sweeten & enrich: Stir in brown sugar substitute (optional) to balance acidity.
- Finish with greens & sausage: Add spinach, kale, and sausage. Simmer 10–15 minutes until greens are wilted and flavors meld.
- Serve hot, with crusty bread, cornbread, or over rice for a heartier meal.
- ✨ The salsa makes it punchier and gives you lots of room for variation: you could do smoky chipotle salsa for depth, tomatillo salsa for brightness, or even a fruit salsa for a sweet-savory twist.