Zuppa Toscana Copycat Recipe

Olive Garden has a soup I love, Zuppa Toscana, and it's surprisingly easy to make. This is a copy cat recipe for Olive Garden's Zuppa Toscana.
Zuppa Toscana

1 lb. ground Italian sausage 
2 large russet baking potatoes, cut up
1 large onion, chopped 
1/4 c. bacon bit (optional) 
2 garlic cloves, minced 
2 c. kale, chopped 
16 oz. cans chicken broth 
1 quart water 
1 c. heavy whipping cream

Brown sausage in a skillet. In a large pot combine cooked sausage with all the other ingredients, except the heavy whipping cream and kale. Simmer until potatoes are soft. Once the potatoes are soft stir in the heavy whipping cream and chopped kale. Let simmer 5 more minutes, then serve.

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Frito Pie

Looking for an easy meal that can be prepared in less than five minutes? Frito Pie is the easiest meal I know how to make. We rarely eat it, because well, it's not a healthy choice.



All you need is 4 ingredients. One can of chili, some Frito's, and shredded cheese. I also add chopped onions, because I like onions.

Heat up the chili in the microwave and layer in a bowl:

Frito's
onions
chili
cheese

How easy is that! Do you have an easy recipe? If so please leave a link to it in the comments. I would love to check it out.

Casa Ole Green Dip

Everyone has a favorite restaurant that they grew up eating at, for me it was Casa Ole. Casa Ole is a small chain Mexican food restaurant found in Texas. What made this Mexican food restaurant stand out from all the other Mexican food restaurants in Texas was their green dip.

Their green dip is so good and they seem to be the only ones making it. This dip is one of the things I miss the most about Texas. This should give you a solid idea of how awesome this dip is. So, imagine my delight when my friend Melanie told me she had the recipe! (I almost cried.) I didn't want to get my hopes up too high, but when you live in Oregon and you grew up on Tex-Mex..........
I made the dip and it was good! This copy cat recipe has to be close to the exact recipe, if not their exact recipe. Mine was quite a bit thicker then what they serve, but I wasn't sure how to go about thinning it. It was thick enough to hold my chip up. Feel free to leave a suggestion on how to thin dip.
Casa Ole Green Dip
4 Avocados; pitted and mashed

16oz Light sour cream

1 can Rotel original undrained

1tbsp Garlic powder

4oz can Green chili

2tsp Salt

1tsp Lemon juice

3oz Light cream cheese

2 Jalapeno peppers; diced

2 Tbsp Cilantro; chopped

In a food processor combine all ingredients and blend until smooth. Serve and enjoy.

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Spicy Chicken Spaghetti

My cousin made this one year for our family reunion and now at my house Spicy Chicken Spaghetti is a staple. Everyone loves it including all three kids and it is easy to make. I consider this to be Tex-Mex food because of the Rotel.

Spicy Chicken Spaghetti

12 - 16 oz angel hair pasta
1 can Rotel original undrained
1 can cream of chicken
1 can cream of mushroom
12.5-ounce can chicken
8 oz sour cream
1/2 cup diced onions (optional)
1/2 cup sliced mushrooms (optional)
Parmesan or Cojack cheese

Boil the angel hair pasta and drain. Then add all the ingrediants except the cheese. Once well blended pour into a baking dish and bake covered at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Top with cheese, if you like stick it back into the oven to melt the cheese.

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Easy Corn chowder recipe

I got this super delicious and easy Tex-Mex recipe for corn chowder from my friend Kristin.

CORN CHOWDER

2 cans cream of potato soup
1 can cheddar cheese soup
1 can cream style corn (I like corn so next time I am going to use 2 cans)
2 cans of half and half
1 can of milk (OR you can do all milk or all half and half for the milk and half and half)
diced up cooked ham or cooked bacon (can use jar of real bacon bits)
Onion (dried if want) (sprinkle)
Thyme (sprinkle) (1 tsp+)
Basil
Pepper

Combine soups in a large pot and stir. Slowly stir in milk/half and half. Stir in rest of ingredients. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Cook 30 minutes to an hour or until hot.

If you would like to kick it up a notch throw in a can of Rotel
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Baked Wine Chicken recipe

Place 4- 9 chicken breasts or thighs in a casserole dish. Combine 1 can of cream of chicken soup and a 1/4 cup white wine, pour over chicken and top with a slice of swiss cheese. Top with croutons (one package or stove top stuffing) and drizzle with about 1/4 cup melted butter.  cover with foil and bake at 325 for 30-40 mins.

My friend Melissa was so kind to send this to us when I was down and out after having surgery a few months ago.  It was so good, I just made it last night!  Hope y'all like it too!