White Bean & Turkey Sausage Stew

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When you have not gone grocery shopping, you excavate the freezer and the cabinets, and come up with this delicious winter stew!

White Bean & Turkey Sausage Stew

3 links uncooked sweet (not hot) turkey sausage
3 cans of white beans (any size), rinsed
1 large onion, sliced finely
2 cloves garlic, chopped
2 cans diced tomatoes, preferably no salt added
1 cup chopped frozen spinach
1/2 cup red wine
3 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tsp dried rosemary
1/2 tsp fennel seeds
1/2 tsp black pepper
olive oil

In a large frying pan, remove the sausage from the casings and brown in olive oil over medium-high heat until just beginning to brown, breaking into small pieces with a wooden spoon. When it is just starting to brown, add the onion and saute about five minutes, until the onion is translucent. Add the garlic and cook about two more minutes. Add the wine and vinegar (or a little more wine and no vinegar if you have more then 1/2 cup of wine in the house) and reduce until the liquid is nearly gone, about four minutes.

Combine beans, tomatoes (with liquid), and sausage-onion mixture in a large pot. Add rosemary, fennel seeds, and pepper. Cook over high heat about 20 min, until much less soupy. Add the frozen spinach and cook about five more minutes over low heat.

Serve with crusty bread.

Serves about 5.