Italian Sausage Tortellini Soup

Once winter rolls around I gravitate toward comfort food -- warm, filling meals with plenty of flavor. The fact that this recipe for Italian Sausage and Tortellini Soup (via The Kitchn)

was easily accommodated to the use of a slow cooker (I browned the sausage and simmered tomatoes on the stove before transferring to the slow cooker) while I nap is everything.

And those parmesan rinds?! A lovely surprise bite amidst a hearty soup of sausage, cheese tortellini and spinach.