I often get recommendations from participants in my free 30-Day PCOS Diet Challenge about recipes they’d like to see made suitable for PCOS. When someone suggested I try making Zuppa Toscana, I was like, “What the heck is Zuppa Toscana? I ain’t cooking that…” As a very average-ability cook, I have a bit of an aversion to pretentious-sounding foods. Turns out though that Zuppa Toscana actually just means “Tuscan soup,” which in Tuscany I guess they just call “soup?”
Well, I can cook soup! Check out more of my simple PCOS dinner recipes here.
Here’s everything you’ll need to make this PCOS-Friendly Zuppa Toscana:
- Bacon
- Chicken sausage
- Ghee
- Chicken stock
- Red pepper flakes
- Italian herbs
- Canned coconut milk
- Onion
- Garlic
- Sweet potato/yam
- Kale
While this particular recipe is an American pop version of what I’m sure is a soup with a deep, rich history, the important things for you are that it’s delicious, easy, and PCOS-friendly. I’ve used chicken sausage in the recipe, but feel free to sub in pork or beef sausage too. Actually, I’m sure just about any meat will taste great with this simple recipe so have some fun with it.
Remember the secret ingredient is salt, so don’t hold back!
xo Kym
P.S. If you are struggling to make the switch to a PCOS diet, I run a free 30-Day PCOS Diet Challenge which is the perfect way to really kickstart your health transformation. This event includes weekly meal plans, recipes, shopping lists, and video lessons, all within a supportive community environment. However, if this recipe has inspired you and you want to get started right away, then I recommend downloading my free 3-Day PCOS Diet Meal Plan as well. It’s a 15-page PDF ebook that contains some of my most popular PCOS recipes, a shopping list ready to go, and some additional information about how to use food to heal your PCOS.
This PCOS soup recipe is super tasty, and is incredibly simple to put together!
Zuppa Toscana (PCOS-Friendly)
While this particular recipe is an American pop version of what I’m sure is a soup with a deep, rich history, the important things for you are that it’s delicious, easy, and PCOS-friendly.
Ingredients
Protein
- 6 oz Bacon (cut into ½” pieces)
- 16 oz Chicken sausage (sliced)
Pantry
- 1 tbsp Ghee
- 4 cup Chicken stock
- 1/2 tsp Red pepper flakes
- 2 tsp Italian herbs
- 13.5 fl oz Canned coconut milk
Vegetable
- 1 Onion (diced)
- 2 tbsp Garlic (minced)
- 8 oz Sweet potato/yam (diced into bite-sized pieces)
- 4 cup Kale (stems removed, leaves chopped)
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet with a little ghee and cook bacon until crispy.
- Using the same skillet with the bacon grease still in the pan, add the chicken sausage and cook until browned.
- Add onions and garlic and cook for 4-5 minutes, until the onions are translucent.
- Place the sweet potatoes in a crockpot, and add the skillet contents on top. Add chicken stock, red pepper, Italian herbs and plenty of salt to taste, and stir to combine.
- Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours, or 3 hours on high.
- Stir in the coconut milk and kale, and cover and cook for a further 15 minutes on high.
- Stir in the bacon, and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 869Total Fat: 54gSaturated Fat: 29gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 20gCholesterol: 162mgSodium: 1881mgCarbohydrates: 44gFiber: 6gSugar: 10gProtein: 54g
Please note that the nutrition information above isn’t always 100% accurate.
As a Nutritionist, I’m continuing my mission to help women like you, beat PCOS. Evidence-based diet and lifestyle interventions helped me overcome five years of infertility. I fell pregnant naturally after multiple failed IVF cycles. Along the way, my other PCOS symptoms went away too. This experience taught me how to combine the latest science with a pragmatic approach to habit change. I’ve now helped thousands of other women achieve life-changing results, and I love for you to be the next PCOS success story. Learn more about me and what I do here.
As a Nutritionist, I’m continuing my mission to help women like you, beat PCOS. Evidence-based diet and lifestyle interventions helped me overcome five years of infertility. I fell pregnant naturally after multiple failed IVF cycles. Along the way, my other PCOS symptoms went away too. This experience taught me how to combine the latest science with a pragmatic approach to habit change. I’ve now helped thousands of other women achieve life-changing results, and I love for you to be the next PCOS success story. Learn more about me and what I do here.
