Soups

Zuppa Toscano with Homemade Italian Sausage

(Savory Dairy-free Tuscan Potato Leek Soup)

When I first tried this delicious Spring soup at The Olive Garden Restaurant it was love at first bite! I came right home with a take-out order and created a dairy-free version for my family to enjoy. Teens especially love it! (Warning: this soup can be habit forming.) Serve soup warm with a crisp salad and fresh bread. (This big batch serves 10-12 people)
1 onion, diced
1 leek or 5 green onions, finely chopped
2 Tablespoons butter
5 pounds red potatoes, rinsed, unpeeled, quartered, then thinly sliced
½ pound Homemade Italian Sausage, cooked (or mix and cook sausage ingredients right in the pot)
½ cup healthy mayo
1 ½ Tablespoons salt
1 teaspoon pepper
2 quarts rice milk
1 Tablespoon chopped parsley
1/8 teaspoons cayenne
Rinse leek well as dirt often settles between the leaves. Sauté onions, add potatoes, then remaining ingredients. Simmer for about 20 minutes until potatoes are tender, then enjoy!

Homemade Italian Sausage (Another of My Healthy and Easy Recipes)

This crumbled sausage is wonderful in soups, lasagna, omelettes, quiche and pizza.  I cook up several pounds of turkey or chicken sausage at once, then freeze it in 1/2 pound servings for quick meal preparation throughout the year.
1 pound pure ground chicken or turkey                        Bulk Batch:   6 pounds
1 Tablespoon honey (+1 teaspoon molasses)               1/3 cup (+2 Tablespoons molasses)
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper                                  1 Tablespoon
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning                                           2 Tablespoons
1 teaspoon garlic or onion powder                                2 Tablespoons
1/2 teaspoon sage                                                              1 Tablespoon
1 teaspoon salt                                                                    2 Tablespoons
Thaw meat. Blend ingredients in mixing bowl. Freeze for later use or form into patties and cook in buttered skillet (turkey has insufficient fat to prevent sticking to bottom of pan.) Cook several pounds at once and freeze in 1 cup servings.
For more  "Good Foods Recipes" refer to The Feel Good Cookbook, or submit your own healthy and easy recipes to My Feel Good Foods.