Italian Sausage Soup

Thanks to my friend Teralyn for this one!! I've made it and taken it several places and gotten rave reveiws

1/2 lb. Mild Italian Sausage (I use Turkey Sausage)
1 lg. onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 lg carrot

Brown in soup pot

Add: 6c chicken broth
3c water
1t dried basil
1 1/2 c dried sm white beans

Cook until beans are tender

Add: 1 can Italian stewed tomatoes

15 - 30 minutes before serving add 1c large pasta shells.

When doing this in the crock pot, I pre-cook the pasta shells and add them just before serving. I double this receipe for us and add more carrots. I also cheat and use canned white beans