Italian Tortellini Soup

Italian Tortellini Soup

08/07/2018 By bunny 23 Comments

Italian Tortellini Soup

I am extremely proud of this soup. Almost every vegetable in it came from last years garden that was frozen for the winter.

Italian Tortellini Soup

This is absolutely amazing. The flavor was incredible!! And on top of that, it’s an easy soup to put together with lots of versatility as far as the vegetables you can put in it. When Summer is in full swing and you’ve still got vegetables from last years garden in the freezer and you need room for this years crop, make soup!

My day started out trying to figure out what I would do with the turkey I had roasted the day before. I picked all the meat off of it , made a huge bowl of turkey salad and decided to freeze most of the meat. I did leave some unfrozen to make soup with . There are vegetables in my freezer that don’t get used up as fast as others do, those would be the veggies that would be used in the soup. Frozen ,thawed kale,tomatoes and zucchini were put to good use in this fantastic soup.

Every year we grow lots of herbs in our garden. Last year I decided to freeze basil. I chopped it up, added olive oil and froze the basil in ice cube trays. I used the frozen basil in the soup , the flavor was amazing. I’ll be freezing more basil next year ! Grated Parmesan Cheese topped the soup before it was served. The flavors all came together perfectly to make an outstanding Italian Tortellini Soup. Paul ate three bowls ! This is going to be a soup I make often, it’s just to good and easy not too.

How can I make Italian Tortellini Soup for someone following a Gluten Free or Vegan Diet?

We have members of our family following different diets to become healthier. If that’s the case in your family try the following substitutes to make Italian Tortellini Soup Gluten or Vegan friendly.

For someone following a Gluten Free diet substitute the tortellini for:

rice

beans (Northern White Beans or Kidney Beans)

Garbanzo beans

For someone following a Vegan diet

use vegetable broth instead of chicken broth and omit the turkey meat

Try sprinkling the top of the soup with a small amount of nutritional yeast as a substitute for the Parmesan Cheese sprinkled over the soup before serving.

Use Vegan Cheese comparable to a Parmesan to grate over the top before serving

Use regular tortellini instead of cheese filled

The beauty of soup is that you can make it any way you want it. Adapt, make it your own and ENJOY!

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Grated Parmesan for a topping before serving

Instructions

Saute onion and carrot in 1 teaspoon olive oil until onion is translucent and carrot is tender.

Place the chicken broth, tomatoes, sauteed onion and carrots, garlic, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper and tortellini in a dutch oven, bring to a boil. Boil about 5 minutes. Turn the heat down and add the zucchini, kale and turkey chunks. Cook 2 to 3 more minutes. Remove from heat, serve in bowls topped with grated Parmesan Cheese.

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