Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Tasty Tuesday - Lightened Up Lasagna Soup

Oh.My.Goodness. This may be one of the best recipes I've ever made. I suggest you make it immediately. And like regular lasagna, it's 10x better the next day. The original recipe was from Paula Deen, but then her sons made a lightened up version of it. 404 less calories and 28 less grams of fat!


Recipe and photo found here on The Deens Bros website.

2 teaspoons olive oil
1 pound Italian turkey sausage, casings removed (I just used ground beef)
1 onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 (32-ounce) container chicken broth
1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce
1 (14 1/2-ounce) can petite diced tomatoes
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
4 ounces broken whole-wheat lasagna noodles (about 4 noodles)
1/2 cup chopped fresh basil
3 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
1/2 cup reduced-fat shredded mozzarella cheese
8 Whole-wheat breadsticks or grissini (optional)


Heat the oil over medium-high heat in a large nonstick saucepot or Dutch oven. Add the sausage, onion, bell pepper, and garlic. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until the sausage is crumbled and browned, 8 – 10 minutes.

Add the broth, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, salt, and crushed red pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the flavors are blended, about 20 minutes. Add the noodles; bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the soup thickens slightly and the noodles are tender, 10 – 12 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in mozzarella, basil, and the Parmesan. Serve with the breadsticks, if using. (whole-wheat lasagna noodles take a little longer to cook.)

11 comments:

  1. Saving this to try soon! Looks delish!

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  2. This looks yummy. I love that it is even better the next day. Who doesn't love a delicious leftover.

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  3. Yum!! I will definitely be making this soon! And I can't wait to hear about your SAV adventures... you will definitely have to let me know what's fun!

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  4. I'm loving all these new lightened up Paula recipes from the Deen Boys! I've caught Bobby's new show twice now and it's really good. Thanks so much for sharing - I've got it bookmarked!

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  5. Putting these ingredients on my shopping list now. Yum!

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  6. wow lasagna soup this looks amazing megan. definitely need to try this recipe sometime

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  7. I can make this recipe!! Yay :-D Sounds DELISH.

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  8. This looks to DIE for! And I love the "lighter" version, since I like to keep a lookout for any signs of an expanding waistline ;) Thanks for sharing!

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  9. This looks SO good!

    And, I love your blog name! I'm with you girl... anyone who knows me is aware of my love for pickles.
    Keep in touch :) Xo -Bo

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  10. Ive made this twice now recently and we can not get enough of it! So good!

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