Title: Olive Garden Toscana Soup
Categories: Soup
Yield: 5 Servings

1 1/2	c	Spicy sausage links; 12 links
2	md	Potatoes; cut in half
		; lengthwise
		Then cut into 1/4" slices
3/4	c	Onions; diced
5		Pieces bacon
1 1/4	ts	Minced garlic
2	c	Kale leaves; cut in half, then
		; sliced
2	tb	Chicken base
1	qt	Water
1/3	c	Heavy whipping cream

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Place sausage links onto a sheet pan and bake for 25 minutes, or until done; cut into half lengthwise, then cut at an angle into 1/2 inch slices.

Place onions and bacon in a large saucepan and cook over medium heat until onions are almost clear. Add garlic and cook an additional 1 minute.

Add chicken base, water and potatoes, simmer 15 minutes. Add sausage, kale and cream. Simmer 4 minutes and serve.

Per one cup serving: 265 calories, 17 gm carbohydrate, 10 gm protein, 18 gm fat, 897 mg. sodium, 51 mg cholesterol and 100 mg calcium.

From Sonia Borges, guest relations for Olive Garden Italian Restaurant.

Published 3/13/96 in the Minneapolis StarTribune Taste Section.

Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #4 by and To: boxes, and you MUST already have established a connection with on Sep 18, 1997

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