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Homemade zuppa toscana soup

4.8 of 5 (29)

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Nutritional Info

Servings Per Recipe: 9
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 351.2

Total Fat: 11.0 g
Cholesterol: 27.1 mg
Sodium: 468.1 mg
Total Carbs: 50.1 g
Dietary Fiber: 6.1 g
Protein: 14.3 g

View full nutritional breakdown of Homemade zuppa toscana soup calories by ingredient

Introduction

Very similar to the soup at Olive garden. 6 grams of fiber and over 14 grams of protein per serving!! Very similar to the soup at Olive garden. 6 grams of fiber and over 14 grams of protein per serving!!

Minutes to Prepare: 10

Minutes to Cook: 35

Number of Servings: 9

Ingredients

1 lb ground Italian sausage

2 tsp crushed red peppers

1/2 large diced white onion

2 slices of bacon cut in to pieces

3 chopped or pressed cloves of garlic

6 cups water

2 cubes of chicken bouillon

2 lbs cubed Russet potatoes, or about 6 large potatoes

3 cups 2% milk

1/2 a bunch of kale

Directions

1. Brown the sausage in a large pot with the crushed red peppers. Once it is browned transfer it to a bowl and refrigerate leaving the drippings in the bottom of the pot.

2. Add the bacon to pot and cook it just to done. Then add the onion and garlic and cook 'til tender (do not let it carmelize them).

3. Add the water and bouillon cube and bring to a boil. Add the potatoes and cook 'til the are soft about 20-25 mins.

4. Stir in the milk and bring back up to a gentle boil tear the kale into bite size pieces omiting the large stems. gently boil till the kale is tender and season to taste.

Make aproximately 9 1 1/2 cup servings.

Number of Servings: 9

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KRISTIN_SHARP.

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TAGS: Appetizers / Soups / Salads | Italian | Italian Appetizers / Soups / Salads | Soup | Appetizers / Soups / Salads Soup |

Member Ratings For This Recipe

MAMAJULIA

6 of 6 people found this review helpful

Sounds good but what do I do with the sausage that you said to refrigerate? - 4/16/09

Reply from KRISTIN_SHARP (10/3/10)
sorry bout that you add the sausage back in after you get done cooking the potatoes or you could leave it in if you want
BEEZA5

Incredible!

3 of 5 people found this review helpful

So delicious! My boyfriend said he thought it was better than the one at Olive Garden. I also used spicy turkey italian sausage and turkey bacon and still thought it was great. - 10/12/09
SUZYOKI

Incredible!

2 of 3 people found this review helpful

One of my favorites! I think I found it on recipezarr or another copycat site. I use skim milk, italian turkey sausage and then use some hormel real bacon bits to cut down the fat and oil. Also, I sometimes substitute fresh spinach if I can't get my hands on Kale. Great Recipe! - 8/29/09
LINDA3618

Incredible!

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

This was great! My husbands favorite soup to eat out. I'm so glad I can make it for him at home! The only things I changed was just a dash of pepper flakes and I had spinach so I used that instead of kale. - 3/3/12
BRITGABENOAH

Incredible!

1 of 2 people found this review helpful

Would have been a LOT better had this recipe made it clear that I needed the actual red BELL pepper and not the seasoning "crushed red pepper" lol because mine turned out WAY to spicy to even eat! - 10/22/10
GRACEGAL82

Incredible!

1 of 2 people found this review helpful

Made this last night and only had skim milk in the house but it was still delicious. - 4/29/09
MVALDEZ525

Incredible!

1 of 2 people found this review helpful

Tastes just like the stuff at Olive Garden! - 4/18/09
AMYLOVESTZU

Incredible!

1 of 2 people found this review helpful

I love soup and this sound Great.. I have got chicken sausage that i am going to use .. yum yum !!! thanks - 4/16/09
GEORGE815

Nice recipe - 5/11/21
ARTJAC

nice - 4/25/21
SPARKPEOPLE1951

Incredible!

I made this for supper tonight. I did not add the bacon. I aslo used 1 cup canned evaporated skim milk and mixed w/3 Tb. flour and added to soup to thicken the soup. I stirred for about 10 min. then I added the kale. - 2/28/21
MNABOY

Good

Too much sodium for me - 12/5/20
ROSSYFLOSSY

Good

Tasty recipe. - 10/17/20
PICKIE98

Yum! - 9/16/20
FISHGUT3

thanks - 8/5/20
REDROBIN47

I'd like to try this. It looks very tasty. - 12/23/19
CD3802882

Incredible!

This as wonderful! If you'd like to reduce the sodium and increase the protein, use unsalted chicken bone broth. It's delicious! - 11/13/19
INGRAMNAT

Very Good

Omitted the red pepper, used spicy Italian sausage and spinach. - 10/30/19
PWILLOW1

Not something I will make again. Don't care fro the spicy taste of garlic & red peppers but that is just my own personal taste. I thought there were a lot of calories and a lot of carbs for a bowl of soup. - 6/16/19
KATHYJO56

Good

I don't care for this because of the sausage, but husband loves it - 6/11/19
RYCGIRL

very good - 2/15/19
ALEXTHEHUN

I love the creamy rich taste of this recipe. - 12/26/18
JAYJAY357

Can't wait to try it! - 10/30/18
SUSANBEAMON

Not too bad, it almost tastes like my homemade potato soup. - 7/13/18
JANTHEBLONDE

Incredible!

I love this zuppa toscana soup Recipe! YUMMY! - 7/11/18
NCFITCHICK

One of my hubby's favorite soups. Thanks for sharing! - 2/1/17
LEAH_0027

Incredible!

Very yummy! I will definitely be making this again. I was glad to find a lower calorie and fat option than adding heavy cream. Thanks for the recipe! - 3/13/13
CHRIS3618

Incredible!

Delicious. My wife made it with spinach and Hormel bacon bits and it tastes just like my favorite soup from Olive Garden!! - 3/3/12
OKAPIGIRLME

use coconut milk and stock so Kate-safe - 3/1/12
CAMERONTRAMMELL

Are the crushed red peppers bell peppers or the hot ones we put on pizza, etc? - 10/6/11
TD2010

Incredible!

This is my favorite soup! I already have a similar recipe, but will combine the two to tweet it a bit! YUMMY! Cant wait to make it this week!!! Thanks for sharing!!
Ive used New Orleans Andouile (sp) brats by Johnsonville when couldnt find anything else. - 11/9/10
HALEYMILLER07

Incredible!

This recipe was fantastic!! - 9/11/10
JCOZ6282

Incredible!

So good! I make this all the time, and have shared the recipe with my boyfriend's Mom and Sister. We all love it! We do substitute turkey sausage, skim milk, bacon bits and use half the crushed red pepper....too much kick for us! - 6/23/10
BABYDOCTA

Incredible!

This was SOOOOO good!!! YUM! I used poultry italian sausage, spicy, and sooo yummy!! - 1/25/10
CHELLELEIGH

Incredible!

This was delicious. I made a few changes b/c of ingredients that I already had on hand. I used sliced up turkey bratwurst instead of the sausage, skim milk instead of 2%, bacon bits instead of regular pieces and spinach instead of Kale. - 1/13/10
CD6317837

Incredible!

I made this soup using chicken sausage, bacon bits, canned potatoes & frozen potatoes,also substituted skim milk for the regular. I can not BELIEVE how good it turned out. UNREAL HOW GREAT THIS IS!!!! If you like the Zuppa at OG then you will LOVE this!(I will probably never go back to OG now. ;) - 1/7/10
BASKETLADY6

Incredible!

Love it! Tasty and easy to make! - 12/28/09
LADEANAD1

Incredible!

0 of 1 people found this review helpful

another fantastic recipe.. it was awesome..
my husband told me i make the best chili in the world.. but after having the zuppa tonight.. he said he would pick the zuppa over the chili.. ohhh.. soo good.. - 6/15/09
RUTHIE816

Incredible!

0 of 1 people found this review helpful

Going to cook this tonight, sound wonderful. Thanks for the great recipe - 4/16/09

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