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Zuppa Toscana Soup

   I pulled this recipe off the internet on a website that is named something like copycat or knock off from the Olive Garden Zuppa Tuscana. It's fairly easy. Just get organized and then dump the ingredients in as they are called for. I serve this is shallow bowls. It is delicious in the winter and will warm you up quite nicely!

10 cups of chicken broth [store made is fine. [If you don't have enough premade chicken broth, mix 1 "cake - Knorr's" - dry chicken broth spices to 2 cups of water and bring mixture to a boil in the microwave.]
3 medium potatoes
4 slices of bacon [it depends on how many people you are going to serve]
1 pound Sage spiced sausage.
1 cup coarsely chopped white onion.
1 - 2 shakes of the red pepper flakes
8 ounces of cream
Grated Parmesan cheese
A handful of dried kale

   In a deep pot, brown bacon and set aside. Keep enough of the fat to coat the bottom of the pan.
   Add the ground sausage and cook. [I mash the meat with a potato masher to make it finer.] Add the onion and pepper flakes, then saute' the mixture until the meat is brown.
   While the sausage is cooking, clean the potatoes and slice thinly into a bowl of cold water.
   Add the chicken broth to the sausage mixture. Turn the heat down, so the soup will come to a gentle boil.
   At this point, add the sliced potatoes and let them cook for 20 - 30 minutes.
   [You can cover the soup and turn down the heat, if you are making this slightly ahead of time.]
   Heat the shallow bowls.
   Clean and cut the green onions into 1/4 - 1/2 inch pieces.
   When it is time to serve the soup, ladle the soup into the bowls.
   Sprinkle the grated Parmesan on top of the soup. Then add a small amount of kale [see picture]. To off with the cooked bacon.
   Serve.
   I hope you enjoy this recipe.

[This recipe tastes better than Olive Garden's. I think they have had so many budget cuts that they use as little sausage as possible.
   This recipe becomes easier to "build" the more you make it. It can seem a little overwhelming at first. But after the 2nd or 3rd time you make it, it will be extremely easy! Trust me - have I ever lied to you?]

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