Sausage Tortellini Soup

As soon as the weather changes from the high heat and humidity of summer to the cooler days of fall, I think home made soup with warm bread!  Luckily Mike loves soup as much as I do so in the fall and winter so I usually make a pot of soup once a week. Usually every other week, I try a new soup. Well to herald cooler temps after three days of super high humidity, I made a new soup for our dinner and this is a keeper. It is also one of the easiest soups to make.

1# bulk Italian sweet sausage
2 cups water
2 cups chopped cabbage
1 can [14 1/2 oz.] diced tomatoes with Italian seasonings
1 can [14 1/2 oz.] beef broth
1 can condensed French onion soup
1 pkg.[9 oz.] refrigerated cheese tortellini
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

In large saucepan, cook sausage, crumbling, till no longer pink. Drain . Then add water, cabbage tomatoes, broth and soup. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 8 min. Add tortellini and cook 7-9 min. until pasta is tender. Sprinkle with cheese! This makes 2 1/2 quarts of soup!