SPAGHETTI SQUASH AND POLISH SAUSAGE SLOW COOKER SOUP

Spaghetti Squash and Polish Sausage Slow Cooker Soup image

A great winter favorite that has nice tender veggies and a wonderful warm and hearty soup. The flavor is better if it cooks all day or night.

Provided by Macks mom

Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Vegetable Soup Recipes Squash Soup Recipes

Time 10h50m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 20

Ingredients

1 (2 pound) spaghetti squash
¼ cup olive oil
½ sweet onion, chopped
6 green onions, white parts only, chopped
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 Granny Smith apple, peeled and chopped
¼ cup butter
14 ounces Polish sausage, sliced
6 cups no-salt-added chicken stock
½ cup white cooking wine
2 potatoes, peeled and diced
½ (5 ounce) package frozen cut spinach
½ cup heavy whipping cream
¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 teaspoons sea salt
1 teaspoon hot sauce (such as Cholula®)
½ teaspoon ground thyme
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
¼ teaspoon ground sage
¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Cut ends off spaghetti squash; pierce skin in several places with a sharp knife. Transfer to a glass baking dish.
Bake in the preheated oven until interior can be easily pierced with a fork, about 1 hour. Cool until easily handled, at least 20 minutes. Cut in half. Scoop out seeds and discard. Scrape flesh into strands with a fork.
Heat olive oil in a slow cooker on High. Add onion, green onions, and garlic; cook and stir in the open cooker until tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in apple and butter. Add sausage; cook and stir for 5 minutes.
Pour chicken stock and white cooking wine into the slow cooker. Cook until heated through, about 20 minutes. Stir in potatoes; cook, covered, on Low for 20 minutes.
Stir spaghetti squash strands and spinach into the slow cooker. Mix in heavy cream, Parmesan cheese, salt, hot sauce, thyme, pepper, sage, and red pepper flakes. Cover and cook on Low until flavors combine, about 8 hours.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 437.8 calories, Carbohydrate 26 g, Cholesterol 63.1 mg, Fat 31.8 g, Fiber 2.4 g, Protein 13 g, SaturatedFat 14 g, Sodium 1158.9 mg, Sugar 4.1 g