pizza soup

Crockpot Pizza Soup
serves 6-8

Ingredients

1 jar (14 oz) of pizza sauce
3 empty jars full of water
1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped
1/2 red onion, chopped
1 cup sliced mushrooms
     {leaving these out next time}
1 can diced tomatoes, drained)
1 cup cooked and crumbled Italian sausage
1 cup pepperoni minis
1 Tbls dried basil
1 Tbls dried oregano
1/2 cup of dry elbow pasta
shredded mozzarella cheese (to add later)

Directions
Wash and prepare veggies. Put them into 5 or 6 quart crockpot. Add sausage and pepperoni. Stir in basil and oregano. Pour in the pizza sauce, and follow with three empty jars of water.

Cover and cook on low for 7-9 hours.

Thirty minutes before serving, add the dry pasta, and turn to high.

Garnish/top with shredded mozzarella cheese.



adapted from a recipe posted on a year of slow cooking