Comments on: Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Recipe – A Copycat Recipe

By: Jackie Currie

Jackie Currie — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 12:09:50 +0000

No, there are no beans in my Zuppa Toscana, Jeanine. Are you thinking about my Potato, Lentil and Bacon soup? You’ll find that recipe here: https://happyhooligans.ca/lentil-soup-with-potatoes-bacon-and-veg/

By: Jeanine M

Jeanine M — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 08:13:45 +0000

In the introduction here you state that this soup has beans in it but I don’t see it in the recipe ingredients.
What type of beans and in what quantity?

By: Becky Berna

Becky Berna — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 02:28:28 +0000

In reply to happyhooligans.

This looks to me to be a question of the size bouillon cube being used! I have some for 1 cube=. 1 cup and others that are bigger and 1 cube = 2 cups! My guess this recipe is calling for the larger bouillon cubes.
I just use 9 cups of my own homemade broth.

My 16 year old Granddaughter loves this soup! Says it’s better than Olive Gardens! I agree!

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 20:26:31 +0000

Perhaps you missed this, Fredo: “A few of my friends and many of my Facebook followers, however, are CRAZY for the Olive Garden’s Zuppa Toscana, and they claim that this homemade kale, sausage and potato soup is a dead-ringer for for the Olive Garden’s “Zuppa”. Some claim the homemade version is even BETTER.”

By: Geanette

Geanette — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 03:25:46 +0000

Love this so much. I am now addicted!!

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 04:19:04 +0000

In reply to Tami. Well that is good to know because the other day I put "small kale" on the grocery list, meaning a small head of Kale, and my husband picked up BABY kale thinking small=baby. Hahaha. I wasn't sure if the baby kale would work in the soup because it's so much more delicate than regular kale. I might just give it a try now! I'm glad you mentioned it!

By: Tami

Tami — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 01:55:56 +0000

Oh my, thank you for posting this. Made it tonight and it was just as awesome as OG’s. I couldn’t find just kale so I used a baby spinach and baby kale mix and could tell the difference.

By: Kat Gerry

Kat Gerry — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 05:20:21 +0000

Oh. My. God. I’ve never tried the Olive Garden version – we don’t have one here. But this soup is fricking awesome! I even swapped out the heavy cream for 1% milk (figured there was enough fat in it already) and it’s still fantastic. The broth has so much flavour. And, having never tried kale before, I now know that I do like it. Thanks for this recipe!

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 22:30:16 +0000

In reply to Deb. I imagine you probably could, Deb. I've never tried it, but I think the two are similar.

By: Deb

Deb — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 20:57:08 +0000

Could I substitute fresh spinach for the kale?

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Wed, 19 Aug 2015 11:23:56 +0000

In reply to Desiree. If you look at the ingredients, is 8 cups water, 1 cup milk. Those are 8 oz. cups, so that will give you an idea of the amount of liquid that goes into the soup. So you have 9 cups of liquid and then all the goodies in there. I'd say you could easily feed 10 people.

By: Desiree

Desiree — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 22:26:02 +0000

Hello! I’m so glad I found this recipe as I am a huge fan of OG’s soup! This is my favorite!! Thank you so much I cannot wait to make this! 🙂 I was just wondering how many servings this makes? Thank you again!

By: Channa Griffin

Channa Griffin — Sun, 17 May 2015 05:46:41 +0000

As a huge fan of Olive Gardens’ soup, it does taste exactly like it. However having said that, this soup is fabulous! Thank you for sharing the recipe!

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 04:53:01 +0000

In reply to Celeste Lane. That's right, Celeste. For the bouillon part, it's 9 cups water, and 5 cubes. Or if you're using liquid bouillon, however much the label says to add to 9 cups water.

By: Celeste Lane

Celeste Lane — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 03:41:26 +0000

Just to be clear, 9 cups of water and 5 bouillion cubes?