Easy Recipe For Italian Sausage, Tomato, And Macaroni Soup With Basil

Ingredients

• 8 cups homemade chicken stock(or use 5 cans chicken broth)
• 1 tsp. dried basil
• 1 tsp. ground fennel
• 2 cans petitie dice tomatoes with juice
• 1 t + 1 tsp. olive oil
• 1 pkg. (5 links/19.5 oz.) hot or sweet turkey italian sausage
• 1 onion, chopped into small dice
• 1 t minced garlic (or less if you're not that fond of garlic)
• 1 c dry macaroni (use dreamfields macaroni or whole wheat macaroni for south beach diet)
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil (or 2 t chopped frozen basil)
• freshly grated parmesan cheese for serving (optional)