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Tuscan Soup
Source of Recipe
I think this recipe comes form Diana Bauer--at Low Carb Living website
Recipe Introduction
This Italian-style soup somehow manages to be delicate and substantial at
the
same time. Really addictive.
16 ounces hot Italian sausage in links
2 quarts chicken broth
1 cup heavy cream
1/2 head cauliflower, sliced 1/4" thick
6 cups chopped kale
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
2 cloves garlic, crushed
First sauté the sausage until done. Remove from your skillet, and let it
cool
a little while you...
Start heating the chicken broth and cream in a big, heavy-bottomed saucepan,
over medium heat.
While that's heating, cut your cauliflower into 1/4" chunks. Chop the kale,
too. Add both the vegetables to the soup.
Okay, your sausage is cool enough to handle! Slice it on the diagonal, about
1/2" thick. I like to cut each slice in half, too, to make more bites of
sausage, but that's not essential. Put the sliced sausage in the soup, too.
Stir in the red pepper flakes and the garlic. Turn the burner to lowest
heat,
and let the whole thing simmer for an hour, stirring now and then.
6 servings, each with 487 Calories; 41g Fat; 20g Protein; 10g Carbohydrate;
2g Dietary Fiber; 8 grams usable carb.
If you prefer, you can use half-and-half instead of the cream. Your soup
will
then have 402 calories per serving, with 11 grams of carb, 2 grams of fiber,
and 9 grams of usable carb.
Note: Please, please, please use good quality chicken broth. Most of the
canned stuff in the grocery store is full of chemicals, and often also has
corn
syrup or sugar added. Yuck. Kitchen Basics brand is good stuff. Or go to the
health food store and buy Health Valley, Shelton's, Pacific, or Hain brand
broth no junk. Some health food store broth will be salt-free - that's fine,
just
add salt to taste when your soup is done.
Me, I save up all my chicken bones in a plastic grocery sack in the freezer,
and when I've got a sackful I boil them up for broth - something for
nothing,
and far, far better, both nutritionally and in flavor, than any packaged
broth!
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