Menu:

• Tuscan Sausage Soup with Shell Pasta, Spinach & White Beans
• White Bean Chicken Chili
• Chicken Apple Chili

3 carrots
3 large onions
7 cloves of garlic
8 oz fresh spinach leaves
2 apples
2 lbs of sweet Italian sausage (I use turkey sausage)
4 lbs chicken
5 quarts of chicken broth
2 14.5-oz cans diced tomatoes
2 15-oz cans cannellini beans
2 15-oz) cans pinto beans or white beans
1 lg. jar Great Northern beans
2 4-oz cans chopped green chilis
16 oz whole wheat shell pasta
grated Parmesan cheese
1 T butter
milk
2 cups Monterey Jack cheese
extra virgin olive oil
flour
dried basil
chili powder
cumin
oregano
cayenne pepper
salt & pepper