Low Carb Zuppa Toscano Recipes

LOW CARB ZUPPA TOSCANA

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven over medium heat, brown sausage until cooked through. Add onions, garlic and red pepper flakes and cook for an additional 4-5 minutes, stirring frequently. Drain excess fat and return pot to the stove.
• Add cauliflower and chicken broth to the sausage mixture. Continue cooking over medium heat until the cauliflower is cooked through.
• Add heavy cream and kale and continue cooking for an additional 10-15 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste.

LOW CARB ZUPPA TOSCANA

Steps:

• Heat a large sauce pot or dutch oven over medium heat. Add the Italian sausage to the pot and begin to brown the meat, breaking it up as it cooks.
• When the meat is about halfway browned, add the bacon, onion, and garlic and continue cooking and stirring until the sausage is fully cooked through.
• Add the chicken broth and turnips and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes.
• Add the kale and continue cooking for 5 minutes or until kale and turnips are both tender.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the cream. Taste and add salt and pepper as needed.
• Serve immediately.

LOW CARB ZUPPA TOSCANA

Steps:

• Heat a large soup pot over medium high heat. Add diced bacon and cook until crispy about 6-10minutes. Remove and set aside to use as garnish.
• Add Italian sausage to the pot and cook until browned in the bacon grease, This takes about 3-5 minutes. Make sure to crumble the sausage as it cooks; drain excess fat if needed.
• Add garlic and onion, and cook, stirring frequently, until onions have become translucent, about 2-3 minutes. Stir in chicken broth and bring to a boil. Add turnips and cook until tender, about 10 minutes.
• Stir in spinach and cook until it begins to wilt, about 1-2 minutes. Stir in heavy cream until heated through, about 1 minute; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Do not boil heavy cream or it will get grainy.
• Serve immediately, garnished with bacon. Low carb bread sticks are perfect with this soup.

LOW CARB ZUPPA TOSCANO

Steps:

• Take the sausage out of it's casing and crumble in a pan with diced onion and minced garlic.
• Cook until sausage is brown and done.
• Drain off fat, if any.
• Put chicken broth, spinach, browned sausage mixture, salt, pepper and red pepper flakes in a pot and simmer for 30 minutes.
• After simmer time, add the heavy cream and simmer for another 10 minutes, or until everything is nice and hot.
• Serve and enjoy.

OLIVE GARDEN LOW CARB ZUPPA TOSCANA SOUP

Steps:

• Fry bacon in a medium/large size skillet; drain fat, put on plate and let cool.
• In the same skillet cook the sausage and set aside ( I put it on the back burner).
• In a large soup/stew pan put cook onions until tender and clear.
• Add in garlic and cook for a minute.
• Add water and chicken boullion cubes.
• Start to tear the bacon into bite size pieces and add to the pot.
• Add sausage.
• Add cauliflower.
• Cook for 15 minutes (until cauliflower is soft).
• Add heavy cream.
• Add kale (I tear mine into bite size pieces).
• Simmer for 5-10 minutes.