Hearty Italian Soup

Why I Love This Recipe
Ingredients You'll Need
3/4 lb hot Italian sausage (or kielbasa); sliced
1 md green pepper; chopped
1 md onion; chopped
1 cn tomatoes (19 oz); broken up
1 cn tomato sauce; (7 1/2 oz)
3 c water
1/2 ts garlic powder
1 pouch Lipton chicken noodle
-soup mi x
1/2 c grated mozzarella cheese
Directions
Instructions
In a Dutch oven or heavy saucepan, brown sausage, green pepper and onion;
drain. Add tomatoes, tomato sauce, water and garlic powder. Bring to a
boil, then reduce heat, cover and simmer 15 minutes. Add soup mix; simmer,
covered 5-7 minutes longer. May be frozen at this stage. Sprinkle each
serving with grated Mozzarella cheese.
Makes 4-5 servings