Best 7 Tuscan Vegetable Soup Low Calorie Recipes

TUSCAN VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a small bowl mash half of the beans with a masher or the back of a spoon, and set aside.
• Heat the oil in a large soup pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion, carrots, celery, zucchini, garlic, thyme, sage, 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper, and cook stirring occasionally until the vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes.
• Add the broth and tomatoes with the juice and bring to a boil. Add the mashed and whole beans and the spinach leaves and cook until the spinach is wilted, about 3 minutes more.
• Serve topped with Parmesan, if desired.

LOW-CARB ZUPPA TOSCANA

Steps:

• Cook the Italian sausage in a large pot over medium-high heat until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain off grease and transfer sausage to a plate.
• Cook bacon to the same pot until crisp, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove and drain, leaving about 2 teaspoons of bacon grease in the pot. Add onion and garlic and cook until soft and translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Return sausage and bacon back into the pot; stir in chicken broth, water, and bouillon cube. Season with pepper and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes. Stir in cauliflower and simmer until almost tender, about 5 minutes. Add kale and half-and-half; simmer until kale is wilted, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese to serve.

QUICK ITALIAN VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large stock pot over medium-high heat. Saute onion, carrot, and celery until onion is translucent and vegetables are tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in tomatoes and Italian seasoning, and cook 5 minutes more, stirring frequently.
• Dissolve bouillon cubes in water, and stir into vegetables. Adjust heat to a medium simmer, and cook approximately 10 minutes. Add zucchini and cabbage, sprinkle with garlic salt, and cook until tender, 5 minutes more. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper, and serve.

TUSCAN VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mash half the beans; set aside.
• Heat the oil in a big pot over med-high heat; add in onion, carrot, celery, zucchini, garlic, thyme, sage, salt and pepper; cook/stir occasionally, until the vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes.
• Add in the broth and tomatoes; bring to a boil.
• Add in mashed and whole beans and the spinach; cook until spinach is wilted, about 3 minutes.
• Taste and adjust w/ salt and pepper.
• Serve topped with Parmesan, if desired.

TUSCAN VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mash half of the beans with a fork, masher or the back of a spoon, and set aside.
• Heat the oil in a large soup pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion, carrots, celery, zucchini, garlic, thyme, sage, 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper, and cook stirring occasionally until the vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes.
• Add the broth and tomatoes with the juice and bring to a boil. Add the mashed and whole beans and the spinach leaves and cook until the spinach is wilted, about 3 minutes more.
• Serve topped with Parmesan, if desired.

LOW CARB TUSCAN SOUP

Steps:

• Brown sausage in dutch oven,.
• While sausage is browning In a smaller pot cook cauliflower in chicken broth and butter until very tender, let cool then blend until smooth.
• After the sausage is browned add bell peppers and cook until tender, then add spinach and 3 cups of water and bring to boil.
• After mixture is boiling add the basil and oregano and let cook for 5 minutes.
• Now add the blended cauliflower to the mixture and salt to taste and bring to a boil once more.
• Serve with topping of Parmesan cheese.

TUSCAN VEGETABLE SOUP (ACQUACOTTA)

Steps:

• Place the toasted bread in two soup bowls.
• Place the onion and celery in a 3-quart, heavy-bottomed, nonreactive pot. Drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil and stir to coat. Cook over a medium-low heat, or until the onion is translucent but not brown. Add Swiss chard (or porcinis, if using) and stir briefly to wilt. Add hot pepper, tomatoes, and simmering water. Season lightly with salt and cook over a low heat (barely a simmer) for 20 minutes, until vegetables are very soft.
• As vegetables are cooking, bring about an inch of water and a half teaspoon of salt to a boil in a deep skillet. At the end of the vegetables' cooking time, turn the skillet heat down to a gentle simmer. Add the parsley to the soup.
• Break the eggs into a small bowl, one at a time, and slide them into the simmering water. Cook for about 3 minutes, until the whites are set, but the yellow is still runny. When done, use a large slotted spoon to place one egg on each toast slice in bowls. Ladle broth and vegetables over each egg and top with a generous sprinkling of the cheese.