Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana style soup

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 5
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 285.2
  • Total Fat: 10.5 g
  • Cholesterol: 57.0 mg
  • Sodium: 1,104.2 mg
  • Total Carbs: 30.4 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 3.2 g
  • Protein: 18.1 g

View full nutritional breakdown of Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana style soup calories by ingredient


Introduction

A healthier version of this restaurant favorite! A healthier version of this restaurant favorite!
Number of Servings: 5

Ingredients

    1 medium baking potato
    1 package Idahoan potatoes (buttery homestyle)
    1 bunch kale
    1 package Jennie-O spicy or sweet Italian turkey sausage
    1 onion
    Chicken broth (to desired consistency)
    Land-O-Lakes fat free half and half (to desired consistency)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350'F, bake potato ~1 hr, allow to cool, then chop into small pieces.
While potato is baking boil kale, water (salt optional), let kale boil for about 20-30 minutes or to desired consistency. Allow to cool, then roughly chop into small pieces.
Remove sausage casein and cook turkey sausage, remove from pan. Add chopped onion (my add 1 tbsp butter if desired), cook until slightly carmelized.
Make instant mashed potatoes according to package directions. Add to a pot on the stove, and add chicken broth and fat free half and half until potato/broth mixture reaches desired soup consistency and flavor.
Add sausage, onion, chopped potato to potato/broth mixture, allow to simmer together 5 min.
Add kale to mixture, turn off heat. Allow soup ingredients to sit 5-10 minutes to blend flavors. Serve with bread.


Number of Servings: 5

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user TRACY41236.