Recipe of the Week

Olive Garden's Zuppa Toscana Soup

This is one of my husband's favorite soups, even the kids like it.

12 spicy sausage links (I use ground sausage and crumble it)

2 med. potatoes, diced

3/4 cup onions, diced

6 slices bacon

1 1/2 tsp. minced garlic

2 cups kale leaves, sliced (or I use 1/2 pkg. frozen chopped spinach)

2 T. chicken base

1 qt. water

1/3 cup whipping cream

Brown sausage links and cut in half length wise and then into 1/4 " pieces (or brown and crumble ground sausage).

Place bacon in a large sauce pan and cook until almost ready to crumble, then add diced onions and finish cooking. remove bacon and crumble it. Add garlic to the onions and cook an additional 1-minute. Add chicken base, water, and potatoes, simmer 15 minutes. Add crumbled bacon, sausage, kale (or spinach) and cream. Simmer 4 minutes and serve.

This is great when served with breadsticks!