📋Healthy Slow Cooker Zuppa Toscana Recipe

slow cooker zuppa toscana ina black bowl with a spoon

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📋Healthy Slow Cooker Zuppa Toscana Recipe

If you love Zuppa Toscana soup, you'll love this Healthier Slow Cooker version of The Olive Garden's famous soup! Made with spicy turkey sausage, kale, potatoes, parmesan cheese, and without cream, it's a hearty and delicious crockpot soup.

Course dinner, lunch

Cuisine Italian

Keyword slow cooker, soup, zuppa toscana

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 5

Total Time 5 15

Servings servings

Calories 196kcal

Author Terri Gilson

Equipment

Ingredients

1 pound Italian ground turkey sausage - use mild or medium
1 medium white onion - diced
3 teaspoon minced garlic - 2-3 cloves
8 cups chicken broth
4 medium potatoes - cut into 1-inch pieces
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
2 cups 1% milk
4 cups chopped kale
113 g pkg instant mashed potatoes or potato flakes * I use Idahoan Buttery Homestyle Instant mashed potatoes
2 tablespoon light or fat-free grated parmesan cheese
1.5 tablespoon sweetened condensed milk *I use Eagle brand as it's less WW points*

Garnish

2-4 slices chopped turkey bacon

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

In a large frying pan, brown the crumbled Italian sausage over medium-high heat (4-5 minutes)
Drain sausage through a sieve to remove as much excess grease as possible.
Add the cooked ground turkey sausage, chicken broth, onions, potatoes, Italian seasoning, and red pepper flakes to the slow cooker.
Cook on Low for 4-5 hours or High for about 2 hours(cooking times vary by slow cooker).
Once potatoes are tender and you can put a fork easily through them, stir in kale, milk, instant mashed potatoes (or potato flakes), and Parmesan cheese.
Allow to cook for another 10 minutes on high or until thickened.
If desired, add additional chicken boillion (I added an additional 2-3 tbsp) or salt, and/or parmesan cheese to your taste preference.
However, you may not need to do this- it will depend on how it tastes.

Garnish

Garnish with chopped turkey bacon and additional crushed red pepper and/or parmesan cheese or black pepper (optional).

Notes

*See post contents for important recipe information, substitutions, tips and ww points!

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