Pasta Sausage Soup

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs sweet or hot Italian sausage (I use hot, but if you don't like spicy food, use both hot and mild. The spicy gives it a very good flavor so don't be afraid of the spicy.)
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 medium green pepper, cut into strips
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
• 2 1/2 cups bow tie pasta, uncooked
• 6 cups water
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 2 chicken bouillon cubes (or 1 14 1/2 oz can chicken broth)
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Remove casings from sausage. Cut sausage into 1/2-inch pieces. Brown. Drain off any fat.
2. Add green pepper, onion and garlic to sausage and saute until tender.
3. Add remaining ingredients.
4. Cook until pasta is done, about 15-20 minutes.

NOTE: The pasta soaks up the soup base, so if you don't eat all of the soup immediately, you can 1 1/2 times the soup base recipe and then there will be plenty of soup base for the next day instead of having a dry soup.