Zuppa Toscana - Ala Olive Garden, and Bread Bowls - Page 2

**Homercidal** · 12-19-2011, 12:04 PM

The only thing I can take credit for is having a wife who LOVES this at OG and bugged me into finding a recipe for it! I just picked one from the internet that looks close and tried it out.

I've used the small carton of cream before, but the last two times I used the medium size, which is 1 pint I think. I also wing it with the rest of the ingredients, and I normally make up 8 cups of stock using bullion since it's cheaper (And I usually forget to have the liquid stock on hand!)

I got to have this twice this weekend. On Friday I brought it to work and everyone loved it. Then on Saturday my wife made me make it for her birthday 2 days early because she couldn't wait!

My family seems to enjoy a good soup now and again with the kids always askign for this or Beef Vegetable, or Split Pea. My young one is making a pretty good chicken noodle, although each time she makes it it's a bit different.

I'm always looking out for a good soup recipe. We all love the potato soup at Benigans, so I might look for a good potato soup like that.

Finally, I like the bread bowls, but it turns out my family would just as soon have the bread on the side, so I don't make them any more. I think sourdough would be awesome with this stuff! I never thought of that.

**mccumath** · 12-19-2011, 09:59 PM

Well, this turned out pretty amazing. I meant to post the picture I took, but forgot before I left for work this afternoon. I had to substitute spinach for the kale, as the grocery store was out of it. It turned out very well. I had it for dinner yesterday, lunch today, and will have some more of it for dinner at work tonight.

I used crumbled sausage, 8 oz of heavy cream, 1.5 of the large "boxes" of chicken broth, and 9 oz of baby spinach. Not too shabby. Didn't peel the potatoes, just halved them and cut them into 3/8 inch thick slices. Also added the bacon, I don't think it is an optional ingredient, but to each their own.

I cooked everything in the same pan, bacon and sausage, then drained the grease, added a pat of butter, and sauteed the veggies/carried on from there.

Very good Homer! Thanks for posting your found recipe here!

Ryan M.