The Best Healthy Zuppa Toscana
Zuppa Toscana is a traditional Italian soup, and when you translate this in English, it means soup from Tuscany or Tuscan soup.
Ingredients
1 pound ground turkey (minced turkey) - cooked and seasoned with Italian seasoning to taste
4 tablespoons onion powder - rehydrated in a bowl of water (one 1 white onion, chopped)
3 slices bacon - nitrate-free
2 teaspoons garlic - minced
10 cups water- 1 ½ tablespoons Better Than Boullion Chicken Base
2 cups milk
4 medium potatoes - peeled and diced
½ bunch kale - torn into bite-sized pieces
1 pinch red pepper flakes - optional
1 small block Parmesan cheese - optional
Instructions
- Cook turkey with Italian seasoning to taste, drain fat, and set aside.
- Fry bacon until crispy and set aside.
- Cook garlic and onion in bacon fat until translucent.
- In a large pot, add turkey, bacon, onion, garlic, water, and chicken base and bring to a boil.
- Add potatoes and cook until soft, about 30 minutes.
- Add milk and continue to simmer until heated through.
- Add kale about 10 minutes prior to serving.
- To serve, sprinkle individual servings with red pepper flakes and parmesan cheese.
Notes
If you are using a crockpot:
1. Follow the directions above, but add potatoes with all the other ingredients, and cook on high for 4 hours.
2. Once potatoes are soft, add milk.
3. Cook on low for about one more hour, add kale 5-10 minutes prior to serving.
Nutrition
Calories: 320kcalCarbohydrates: 39gProtein: 29gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.02gCholesterol: 63mgSodium: 496mgPotassium: 1252mgFiber: 5gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 1491IUVitamin C: 49mgCalcium: 208mgIron: 2mg
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