Week 122: Lasagna Soup

This week marks three years of Soup(er) Delivery ... Thank you so much for inviting me into your homes to feed your families each week.  In honor of the anniversary, I'm making the soup that started it all :-)

On the menu for MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd is LASAGNA SOUP with ITALIAN HERB BREAD. You get all the flavors of a delicious hearty lasagna in a comforting soup form. It’s loaded with Italian sausage, tomatoes, fresh herbs and a melty cheese garnish that takes it over the top. The soup begins with sauteing Italian sausage, red peppers, onions and garlic in the pot with a little bit of olive oil.  Once the sausage is crumbled and veggies are soft, homemade chicken stock, tomato sauce, fire-roasted diced tomatoes and spices are added.  After the soup begins to boil, broken lasagna noodles are dropped in.  After the noodles finish cooking, the soup is garnished with fresh basil and parsley as well as a generous dollop of mixed lasagna cheeses that melt perfectly into the hot soup. 

A vegetarian version of Lasagna soup is also available this week.  This version begins with sauteing red peppers, onions and garlic in olive oil along with mushrooms, zucchini and squash.  Once the veggies are soft, homemade vegetable stock, tomato sauce, fire-roasted diced tomatoes and spices are added.  The soup finishes up just like the original version with noodles and garnishes.  

The bread companion this week is my Italian Herb Bread.  This delicious bread, filled with butter, garlic and fresh herbs, will be a perfect companion to this tasy soup.