Zupa Toscano Soup

Ingredients:

1 pound Italian Sausage, cooked
1 large onion
1/2 cup precooked bacon
2 garlic cloves, pressed
5 red potatoes, peeled and cubed (I don't peel them)
7 cups water
4 chicken bouillon cubes
2 cups kale, chopped small (found in the produce by the parsley and cilantro)
1 cup heavy whipping cream

Directions:

In skillet cook sausage. Set aside. Peel potatoes and cut into small cubes. Bring water to a boil. Add onion, potatoes and garlic. Cook on medium heat until potatoes are tender-crisp. Drain sausage and add to water. Add bacon. Simmer 5 min. Add kale and cream. Cook on low for 10 min.

Fettucini Alfredo

Ingredients:
- 1 percent milk
- 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 tablespoon of flour
- Parmesean cheese
- Low fat cream cheese

Directions:
Start by melting 1 Tablespoon of low fat margarine in a pot. Chop up your garlic and add it too the butter when it's melted and saute it for about 30 seconds. Next, you're going to add the flour. When the flour, butter and garlic mix together it is going to form a crumbly, pasty mixture called a roux. Now, you are going to add the milk. You will probably need about 2 cups. So, start by adding about half of your milk. Take a whisk and just start stirring until you get the lumps out. The flour will make it thicken, so when it starts to get thick, just add more milk. You are going to have it on Medium High heat here. So, just stir, stir, stir, stir until you have a good creamy consistency. Time to add the cream cheese. You want 2 to 3 tablespoons, or about half the container. Slap it into the pot, and stir until it is melted in. It should be really creamy now. Time to add the parmesean cheese. And NO, you CANNOT use the stuff in a can!!! Use FRESH! Add about 2-3 tablespoons. Again, stir it in and just taste it. If you want to add more cheese, add it. Now add some salt and pepper to taste. Lots of pepper! Toss with the cooked noodles and add meat of your choice and you are good to go!