Slow Cooker Spinach-Mushroom Tortellini
Yield: 4 servings
Active Time: 10 minutes
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 8 hours in slow cooker
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Good luck not licking your bowl clean with this one! This soup is fabulous and super easy to get going in the morning...and finish off just before dinner. Please make note of when the tortellini and cream cheese are added. Enjoy!

Ingredients for Single Meal

  • 8 - oz. baby bella mushrooms
  • 1 - 10 oz bag frozen spinach
  • 4 - Tbsp butter
  • 3 - Tbsp soy sauce
  • 3 - cup(s) vegetable broth
  • 1 - Tbsp Italian seasoning
  • 20 - oz. cheese tortellini**
  • 8 - oz. cream cheese**
  • Garnish: - grated Parmesan cheese**
  • Side: - salad**
  • 1 - gallon-size freezer baggie(s)
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Cooking Directions for Single Meal

  1. Melt the butter.
  2. Place the sliced mushrooms, chopped spinach, melted butter, soy sauce, vegetable broth, and Italian seasoning into the base of the slow cooker, and give it a gentle stir.
  3. About an hour before dinner, pull out the cream cheese and cut into cubes. Then leave out to soften.
  4. Set on low and cook for 8 hours. With 15 minutes left in the cooking cycle, stir in the softened cream cheese cubes and the tortellini. Let cook on low for 15 minutes, or until the tortellini has softened. Ladle into serving bowls immediately, so the pasta doesn’t overcook.
  5. Prepare salad.
  6. Serve Slow Cooker Spinach-Mushroom Tortellini with grated Parmesan cheese garnish, and side salad.

Freezeasy Meal Prep Directions

  1. Melt 8 Tbsp butter.

To each gallon-size plastic freezer baggie, add the following ingredients:

  • 8 oz. sliced baby bella mushrooms
  • 1 - 10 oz. bag frozen chopped spinach
  • Half of the melted butter
  • 3 Tbsp soy sauce
  • 3 cups vegetable broth
  • 1 Tbsp Italian seasoning
  • Note: the tortellini can be frozen in it’s packaging. Do not mix it in with the other ingredients before freezing.

Remove as much air as possible and seal. Add label to baggie and freeze.

Freeze & Thaw Instructions

Put baggie in the freezer and freeze up to 6 months in fridge freezer or 12 months in a deep freezer. Thaw in the fridge overnight, or a warm bowl of water for about 20 minutes, before transferring to the slow cooker and cooking on low for 8 hours. With 15 minutes left in the cooking cycle, stir in the softened cream cheese cubes and the tortellini.

Dairy-Free Modifications

Unfortunately, there is not a great dairy-free option for this meal.

Gluten-Free Modifications

Unfortunately, there is not a great gluten-free option for this meal.

Printable Label Recipe Title

Slow Cooker Spinach-Mushroom Tortellini

Printable Label Instructions

Thaw and slow cook on low for 8 hours. With 15 minutes left in the cooking cycle, stir in the softened cream cheese cubes and the tortellini.
Serve with salad.

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