A warming red pepper and tomato soup full of beans and spicy sausage.

ingredients

• 150g cauliflower florets
• 227g can chopped tomatoes
• 1 litre boiling vegetable stock
• 2 large roasted red peppers in brine from a jar, drained and roughly chopped
• 4 Slimming World Syn-free Pork Sausages
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 3 large garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 tbsp smoked paprika
• 1/4-1/2 tsp hot chilli powder
• 4 tbsp tomato purée
• 400g can mixed beans or pulses in water, drained
• salt and freshly ground black pepper

method

1. Put the cauliflower, chopped tomatoes, stock and half of the roasted pepper into a large saucepan over a medium heat. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, cook the sausages according to the pack instructions.
3. Remove the tomato sauce from the heat and whizz until smooth using a stick blender. Return to the heat, add the onion, garlic, spices, tomato purée, beans and remaining roasted pepper and simmer for a further 15 minutes.
4. Thinly slice the sausages and add them to the soup. Season to taste and serve hot.
5. Enjoy!

ARTICLE SOURCE : http://www.slimmingworld.co.uk/recipes/smoky-tomato-bean-and-sausage-soup.aspx