Looks delicious... Do you have the recipe? I wanna try it ( I only eat soups, vegetables and fruits lately):angel2:
I found several recipes, but I liked this one best:
1 pound Italian sausage
2 large russet baking potatoes sliced in half, and then in 1/4 inch slices
1 large onion, chopped
1/2 can Oscar Meyer Real Bacon Bits (these are less fatty than real bacon)
2 cloves garlic minced
2 cups kale or swiss chard, chopped
2 cans chicken broth
1 qt. water
1 cup heavy whipping cream
Cook sausage in a 300-degree oven. Bake approximately 1/2 hour, drain on paper towels, and cut into slices.
Place onion, potatoes, chicken broth, water, and garlic in pot, and cook on medium heat until potatoes are done.
Add sausage, bacon bits, salt, and pepper to taste, and simmer for another 10 minutes.
Turn to low heat, add kale and cream. Heat through and serve.
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Zuppa Toscana Recipe: Tuscan soup recipe, Olive Garden inspired
I never really measure anything unless I'm baking. I used chicken smoked sausage instead of the Italian sausage and bacon, extra broth and about half the water, and extra kale. I chopped the kale fairly fine; I didn't want clumps of greens hanging off my spoon. I also added white pepper and a little cayenne pepper. I brought it to a boil and then reduced the heat to "almost off" and simmered till it was reduced to about half its volume, then added milk (cream would be better, but I didn't have any cream), added some powdered milk to thicken it, and simmered some more. It was good. I plan to make it again.
This was really good with kale, but I think it would work with just about any kind of greens. I like a cream soup with greens to have a nice golden color, and this one did.
My garlic wasn't real fresh and didn't add a lot of magic. But my white pepper was very fresh and really gave it some bite.