Cheese Tortellini Soup

Recipe from sneakykitchen.com

Ingredients

 * 8 cups chicken broth, defatted
 * ½ cup carrots, diced
 * ½ cup celery, diced
 * ½ cup onions, diced
 * 1 garlic clove, minced fine
 * 1 x 16 oz. bag frozen cheese tortellini
 * 2 cups escarole, washed and chopped, or 10 oz. box frozen chopped spinach
 * salt to taste
 * black pepper to taste
 * ¼ tsp Mrs. Dash extra-spice
 * freshly grated parmesan cheese as garnish
 * croutons, as garnish

Directions

 * 1) Place first 5 ingredients in 5 qt. Dutch oven.
 * 2) Bring to boil, then lower heat to simmer, partially covered, for 15 minutes.
 * 3) Add cheese tortellini and cook in broth, according to directions on package.
 * 4) Add salt and pepper to taste; add Mrs. Dash.
 * 5) Remove soup from heat and add escarole or spinach (if using spinach, thaw under running hot water, squeeze out excess moisture and then add to soup).
 * 6) Cover soup and let set for about 10 minutes.
 * 7) Ladle into large soup bowls.
 * 8) Garnish each bowl with fresh grated Parmesan cheese, and /or croutons, if desired.