Slow cooker Italian sausage soup. Sausage meatballs with pasta and vegetables cooked in slow cooker. Use mini pasta shell or other tiny pasta,such as ditalini (mini tubes),fatalini (mini bowties).
For this delicious soup I used mini tubes pasta.
Makes 6-8 servings

For Sausage Meatballs:

• 1 pound (480 g) mild Italian sausage,casing removed
• 1/2 cup dried bread crumbs
• 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) milk
• 1 egg,beaten
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt

For Soup:

• 4 cups (2 L) hot chicken broth 
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 carrot,coarsely chopped
• 1 clove garlic,peeled and minced
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1/2 cup pasta,uncooked
• 10 oz (300 g) bag baby spinach leaves
• grated Parmesan cheese
• chopped fresh parsley