Nightshade-Free Pizza Soup
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With hearty vegetables and savory Italian seasonings instead of dough and dairy, this Pizza Soup feels quite a bit healthier than its namesake. Still, the pepperoni and sausage make this soup is as indulgent as it is delicious. If you’ve ever wanted to drink a pizza, now’s your chance! It’s one of my favorite comfort foods, especially in cooler weather when a salad just doesn’t have the same appeal. Plus, while it’s cooking, it makes the kitchen smell great. You’ll be salivating well before its 45-minute cook time is up, but don’t be off-put by the commitment: It takes only a few minutes to throw together and the rest is hands-off. That’s the best kind of recipe, in my opinion!
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Pizza Soup
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- 1 small onion chopped
- 3 cloves garlic chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 1/2 pounds zucchini chopped
- 1 cup no-tomato sauce
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 8 ounces mushroom sliced
- 1 pound sausage crumbled
- 4 ounces pepperoni sliced
- 2 ounces black olive sliced
- sea salt to taste
- ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large pot over medium-high heat and cook the onion, garlic, and thyme until the onion is translucent.
- Add the zucchini and no-tomato sauce and bring to a boil, then simmer for 20 minutes.
- Transfer to a blender and puree until smooth, then return to the stove.
- Add the broth, sausage and mushrooms and simmer for 10-15 minutes, or until the sausage is cooked through and the mushrooms are tender.
- Garnish with pepperoni and olives and season to taste before serving.
Are the carbs listed for the whole pot or per serving? That’s a lot of carbs for one serving of soup and zucchini and mushrooms are really low in carbs. There’s also a lot of sugar from the carrots. The recipe sounds delicious though.
The nutrition facts are per serving. My no-tomato sauce is made from beets and carrots so that’s probably where you’re missing some carbs. But these are automatically generated by a program using the USDA database which sometimes doesn’t have a perfect match for an ingredient, so it’s more a rough estimate.