This Slow Cooker Creamy Sausage Gnocchi Soup recipe is a delicious, rich comfort food. What's better than a comforting bowl of hearty soup? This crock pot sausage gnocchi soup is amazing!
Brown sausage in a frying pan until cooked through. Drain and add to the slow cooker.
Add onion, carrot, celery, garlic, bay leaf, rosemary, thyme, basil, salt, pepper, and chicken broth. Stir and cook on High for 3 hours or Low for 6 hours.
When time is up, add gnocchi and 1 cup of the half and half.
Add the corn starch to the other 1 cup of half and half and whisk it until smooth to make a slurry.
Add the slurry to the slow cooker and stir. Cook another 30 minutes on High, or 1 hour on Low.
When time is up, stir in the parmesan cheese, then add spinach and stir in. Put the lid back on and let it heat through and wilt.
Serve hot.
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.