Red Barn Chowder

With the temperature below freezing,  Joan prepared this old favorite for lunch.

Joan followed the recipe in her cookbook, Gooseberry Patch Homestyle Family Favorites. She substituted turkey sausage for Italian sausage. The Rotel tomatoes must have contained extra spicy chiles because the end product was zippy.

1 lb. ground ho Italian sausage crumbled
1 onion, chopped
3 stalks celery, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
1 red pepper, chopped
2 zucchini, quartered and sliced
3 to 4 cloves garlic, chopped
28-oz. can stewed tomatoes
10-oz. can Rotel tomatoes with chiles
6-oz. can tomato paste
1 c. water
2 t. dried basil
salt and pepper to taste
1 c. canned garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed

Combine sausage, onion, celery, peppers, zucchini and garlic in a large saucepan; saute until sausage is browned and vegetables are tender. Stir in tomatoes, tomato paste, water, basil, salt and pepper; cook until heated through. Mix in garbanzo beans; heat through.

Serves 8 to 10