This lightened up Zuppa Toscana features hearty potatoes, spicy sausage, spinach, and bacon in a creamy broth!
Yield: 6(1 & 2/3 cups) servings
Ingredients
4stripsuncooked center cut bacon, diced
1lbhot Italian poultry sausage, casings removed (I use Wegmans poultry sausage but you can use chicken or turkey sausage)
1medium onion, diced
2garlic cloves, minced
32ozfat free low sodium chicken broth
24oz(1 ½ lbs) potatoes, cubed into bite-sized pieces (I used baby yellow potatoes so I did not peel them but if you use Russets or some other types you may want to peel them before chopping)
3ozbaby spinach
1 ½cupsfat free half and half
Salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
Bring a skillet over medium heat and add the diced bacon. Cook the bacon until it starts to sizzle and then stir occasionally, continuing to cook it until the bacon pieces are crisp and red/browned. Remove the bacon pieces to a paper towel and dispose of the bacon grease.
Bring a stock pot or dutch oven over medium heat and add the sausage. Cook for a few minutes, breaking apart with a wooden spoon until it starts to brown a bit. Once the meat starts to break apart, add the onion and garlic and stir together. Continue to cook while breaking up meat and stirring regularly until sausage is cooked through and onions are softened.
Pour the chicken broth into the stock pot and increase heat until broth comes to a boil. Stir in the cubed potatoes and wait for the soup to return to a boil. Reduce the heat back to medium and allow to boil for 10 minutes until the potatoes are cooked. Stir in the baby spinach for 1-2 minutes until wilted. Stir in the half and half and allow to heat through another 1-2 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot and garnish with the bacon pieces from step 1.
Notes
To view your current WW Points for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, click here!Nutrition Information:236 calories, 30 g carbs, 4 g sugars, 7 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 17 g protein, 3 g fiber (from myfitnesspal.com)MyWW SmartPoints per (1 & 2/3 cup) serving: (SP calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)Green: 5 SmartPoints/ Blue: 5 SmartPoints/ Purple: 2 SmartPointsWeight Watchers Points Plus: 6 per (1 & 2/3 cup) serving (P+ calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)Adapted from Damn Delicious