Reviewed: Feb. 16, 2003

Very easy & great! It was a hit with everyone. After reading reviews on it, I: added more water, reduced bacon, added another potato, and just seasoned to taste. No leftovers here!!

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CHRISTEL064

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Reviewed: Feb. 10, 2003

This is a REALLY great recipe. It's not a pretty dish - but very, very good. I make a lot of soups and this will definitely be my new favorite. Lots of flavor and very filling.

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Cammie C

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Reviewed: Feb. 5, 2003

I enjoyed the flavor combinations in this soup, although it seemed extremely salty to me. Next time I will forget the bacon and use chicken broth for the liquid instead of the chicken base and water. I think it would be great with spicy sausage instead of the smoked.

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Reviewed: Jan. 19, 2003

Olive Garden Zuppa Tuscana lovers, you have to try this! I just made it 2 hrs ago and am really excited about it. My friend says it's really like the one in Olive Garden. I don't know if it's exactly the same, but either it's close enough or just as delicious. I did not use links but used breakfast style sausage roll. I also fried the bacon, removed it, got rid of the oil except for about 1 tablespoon, then cooked the onions, and this still produced a very rich soup.

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GOINGON

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Reviewed: Jan. 3, 2003

Not exactly like the soup at Olive Garden, but wonderful none the less. Little salty though. Second time I made it I cut back on the chicken base. Also tried some fresh italian sausage rather than the smoked sausage. Different flavor, still delicious!

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LSWANKE

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Reviewed: Dec. 11, 2002

WOW! This was so good. I dont really like the soup at the Olive Garden but my boyfriend has been asking me to make it for the longest time. I found this recipe and thought id try it. I loved it. It wasnt hard to make and it was delicious. I didnt change much except i used spicy sausage and spinich, not smoked sausage and kale. I also added some fresh ground pepper. Mmm, so good. Going to make it again very soon!

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GRANDROYAI

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Reviewed: Nov. 25, 2002

This would have been perfect, if I had added another potato and only used 8 oz mild italian sausage. I used 16 oz of hot italian sausage and it was much too hot for us. Great recipe!

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Reviewed: Nov. 5, 2002

This recipe is truly wonderful! I had never had or made Zuppa Toscana before. My sister said that she always orders this (her favorite) at the Olive Garden and it tasted just like it! I didn't change a thing and have made it for the second time in 5 days! I originally tripled this recipe for my mothers' 50th birthday party. I served it in "Bread Bowls" from this website and got two thumbs up approval from everyone! Which says a lot...my family is Italian! Thank you! :o)

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Reviewed: Oct. 27, 2002

Excellent soup!! will definitely make again. Thanks for sharing!!

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Reviewed: Oct. 22, 2002

loved it, I had been wanting this soup for a while so we made it, friends came over and every bit was eaten. I had planned on having left overs for lunch. I personally would recommend open casings on sausage and browning them as I did not like the chunks of meat. We are already planning to make it again.

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Reviewed: Sep. 14, 2002

Excellent!! I always order this when I am eating out at a popular restaurant so I was excited to find this recipe. It tastes as good or better than the restaurant soup! Also, it was very simple. We couldn't find kale at the local supermarket so we substituted thawed spinach and it was still great.

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Reviewed: Aug. 25, 2002

Everyone including 2-year-old loved this! We had to make 2 pots because we ate the first one up and didn't have any left overs for lunch. Our adjustments for the second pot was boiling the kale with the potatoes, reducing the chicken bouillon to 2 tsp, 1 extra cup of water, and a pinch of crushed red pepper. Can't wait until lunch tomorrow!

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XYZWYATT

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Living In: Nashville, Tennessee, USA

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Reviewed: Aug. 13, 2002

This soup is FANTASTIC!! My husband and I love it, especially during the winter months. I made it once a week this past winter!

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WVMEL

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Reviewed: Mar. 19, 2002

This soup was absolutley delicious! Brings back memories of when I used to work for a well known restaurant that made this soup and for lunch/dinner break I used to have 2-3 bowls! Thank You, Holly, for posting this recipe. Will make this soup over and over again. A keeper!

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Reviewed: Jan. 27, 2002

This recipe is fantastic. If you like Olive Gardens Zuppa Toscano, you will love this one. I would recommend using half the amount of smoked sausage to create a less faty soup.

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Reviewed: Jan. 14, 2002

Delicious recipe, but very time consuming. I used homemade spicy Italian sausage from an Italian deli. I browned it on the stove top, then cut it in half lengthwise and cut that into bite-sized pieces. The spices in the homemade sausage really added to the flavor. Also substituted Swiss chard greens for the kale, and really liked the flavor.

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