Wednesday, November 10, 2010

You Have To Try This (we had it for dinner tonight!)

Olive Garden Copycat Zuppa Toscana

Ingredients:

1 Lb. Italian sausage ( I like hot)

2 large Russet baking potatos, sliced in half, and then in 1/4" slices.

1 large onion chopped

1/2 can oscar meyer bacon bits (or crumbled fresh cooked bacon: I used this)

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 cups kale or swiss chard, chopped (I had collard greens on hand and they worked great)

2 cans chicken broth

1 quart water

1 cup heavy whipping cream

How to make it:

Brown sausage and crumble. Drain and set aside.

Place onions, potatoes, chicken broth, water, garlic in pot and cook on medium heat until potatoes are done.

Add sausage and bacon

Salt and pepper to taste

Simmer for another 10 minutes

Turn to low heat

Add Kale and cream

Heat through and serve

Serve with a crusty bread and you have a meal fit for a king!



YUM!!!!

1 comment:

Elke said...

I made Zuppa Toscana recently. I love it! My recipe calls for 1 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes, so the older two kids wouldn't eat it, but Curie will eat medium salsa with a spoon, so she loved it. Apparently, Nick has a kale-related mental block, so I was left to finish it by myself. I didn't mind at all. I would eat this every day. I dream in Zuppa Toscana.