Reviewed: Apr. 19, 2012

This soup got 5 stars from all of my family members. I made the following substitutions: 1. Used fresh spinach instead of zucchini 2. Used frozen tortellini instead of the fettuccine

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Mandy_H

Reviewed: Mar. 3, 2012

I made this for the first time and I'm eating it right now: delicious! I used hot Italian turkey sausage, uncased, and shiraz for the wine. I also took one reviewer's suggestion and sprinkled with a little mozzarella before serving. My only complaint: the directions didn't say anything about cutting the tomatoes, so I have a about 10 whole tomatoes floating in the finished soup, which was a little weird. I also should have cut the pasta -- it's a bit difficult to eat full linguini strands with a spoon.

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ande2994

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Living In: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 25, 2012

This has become a winter favorite, great as written! It's a hearty meal, perfect served with warm bread.

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IN THE KITCHEN

Reviewed: Jan. 22, 2012

Combination of fabulous flavors have made this soup one of my favorites now!

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Kitchenista Jane

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Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

Living In: Pine, Arizona, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 11, 2012

This soup was great. I used hot Italian sausage, and substituted green beans for the green bell pepper. I also used spinach tortellini instead of spinach fettuccine. I served it with garlic bread. Yum!

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Melissa

Reviewed: Dec. 10, 2011

Eh. This was just "OK" for me. Considering how little effort is required to throw this together, I guess I can't be too picky tho.... As a general rule of thumb, my hubs and I rarely share the same culinary perspective - but that wasn't the case this time. Not only did we mutually agree that this soup was terribly bland, we also both felt it called for far too much zucchini (and we both like that vegetable). I'm not saying this was terrible, it just wasn't to our liking or what I expected (everything smelled DIVINE when I dumped it in the sc). Perhaps with a little added spice and half the amount of zucchini, this could have potential. NOTE: If using the fettucini pasta called for, be sure to break it up first (it's a lot easier to eat this way). Thanks for sharing, Perri. :-) This was allright, but I'm just not sure it's worth a repeat anytime soon.

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Chef Mickey (aka Mickey)

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: De Soto, Missouri, USA

Living In: Elgin, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 7, 2011

Great Meal for a winter night. Made it just as directed with the exception of adding some spinach. Thanks for the great recipe.

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earlybird

Reviewed: Nov. 23, 2011

I made this recipe over the weekend, it was delicious, however I recommend not putting the pasta in unless you plan on eating the entire batch in one sitting. The pasta tends to absorb all the broth and gets mushy, the next time I make it (and I will make it again) I will only put the pasta in each individual serving reserving the rest of the pasta for the next meal.

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gypsyclark

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA

Living In: Townsend, Massachusetts, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 11, 2011

Great recipe! I bought a package of mild and a package of hot italian sausage - 1 pound each since they do not come in half pound packages and omitted the pepper in the recipe. This is delish!! I bought some of that jalepeno cheese bread from the grocery store bakery to dip in it and I have to say this was divine!

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Natasha

Reviewed: Nov. 1, 2011

I used penne instead of fettuccine pasta and I realized to late I forgot to buy the zucchini! So I used some green beans from our garden instead and they were perfect! Some really good tasty soup, everybody went back for seconds!

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