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Zuppa Tuscana Soup- Olive Garden at Home!

February 20, 2009 by Kara Cook 3 Comments

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Whew, the last two days have been busy. Yesterday we had parent teacher conferences, one basketball practice, three basketball games, and a science fair project to finish. So far today we’ve had Dad’s and Doughnuts at the school, the science fair, house cleaning from top to bottom and 8 loads of laundry. In the middle of all that I am refinishing a table for our entry way. Yikes! I am really looking forward to a somewhat slower weekend!

If your life resembles mine, (and if it does- know that I feel your pain), this is a great recipe for you. Olive Garden Zuppa Tuscana Soup.  It is really fast to put together. Perfect for those crazy, running around like a chicken with your head cut off nights.
olive-garden-soup-recipeI tasted this soup at a church potluck recipe and I was hooked from the first bite! Lucky for me they were handing out recipes. As I was eating it I was thinking that it tasted just like a soup you would eat at a yummy Italian restaurant. When I came home and researched it, I found out that it is a copycat recipe from Olive Garden. I’ve never had this soup there, so I can’t personally vouch for it’s authenticity. But I can tell you that it is darn good! I was a little worried that my kids wouldn’t like it, but they all did. Even asked for seconds. That is a winner in my book!!
zuppa-tuscana-soup-recipe

Olive Garden Zuppa Tuscana Soup

1# pork sausage
1 small onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
6 slices bacon (optional)—I didn’t add it
6 cups chicken broth (I used homemade broth and chicken bouillon with water)
4 potatoes, peeled and sliced
2 cups chopped kale
1 Tbsp. Italian seasoning
1 cup cream
pepper to taste

Brown sausage with onion (add garlic the last couple of minutes). Drain if needed. Cook potatoes and kale in broth till tender. Add sausage, Italian seasoning, and cream and heat through. Add pepper to taste.

-Serves 8

Cost:
sausage $1.30 (on sale)
onion .35
garlic .10
broth .40
potatoes .40
kale .60 (I only used half of a $1.20 bunch)
seasoning, pepper .10
cream .50 (on sale)

Total cost: $3.75
Cost per serving: $.47
A bowl of this soup at Olive Garden is $4.35. If you make it yourself, you can feed 8 people for less than that. What a bargain!!

Notes:
-I didn’t use the bacon and thought it was fine without it. The original recipe called for 1 1/2 cups cream, but I only had one, so that’s all I used.
-If you use chicken bouillon instead of the broth, use 2 Tbsp for the 6 cups of water. I recommend using only 1 Tbsp bouillon and 3 cups water and the other 3 cups either homemade or canned broth. If you use all bouillon/water, the soup is quite salty.
-Make sure you chop the kale into small pieces.
-If you have small children, it is easier for them to eat if you cut the slices of potato into halves or fourths.
-This soup is thin, like broth. If you want it thicker, you could whisk some flour into the cream before you add it.

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  1. Annabelle

    April 12, 2017 at 6:02 pm

    I love this post! I read your blog fairly often and you’re always coming out with some great recipes.

    I shared this on Facebook and my followers loved it. Keep up the good work.

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  2. Edie

    November 30, 2016 at 3:16 pm

    I made this delicious soup n can’t wait to eat it, I know it came out so jummmyy, thank you for this deliciounness

    Reply
  3. Brittney

    November 28, 2016 at 10:39 am

    I’m so surprised this doesn’t have any comments on it…just wanted to stop by and say I’ve made this recipe several times now and everyone that tries it, loves it! It is delicious, thank you very much for sharing the recipe!

    Reply

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