Slow-Cooker Butternut Squash Soup With Sausage

• nonstick cooking spray, such as pam
• 2 8-ounce cans tomato sauce with basil, garlic and oregano, such as hunt's
• 2 cup water
• 1 12-ounce package refrigerated butternut squash pieces
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 pound bulk italian pork sausage
• ½ cup uncooked ditalini pasta
• 1 6-ounce package baby spinach leaves

1. Spray the inside of 4-quart slow cooker with the cooking spray. Add the tomato sauce, water, squash and garlic powder to the slow cooker; stir to combine. Pinch the sausage into bite-size pieces and place in the slow cooker. Cover; cook on low for 7½ hours or on high for 3½ hours.
2. Stir in the pasta and spinach; cover and cook on high 30 minutes more or until the pasta is tender.