Comments on: Italian Sausage Soup and an Ode to Small Appliances

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:38:48 +0000

Chris - I’m excited to try this recipe, but am wondering how long you let the soup cook for. Either that direction is missing, or it’s 3:40pm on a Friday and (most likely) my brain is on vacation.

Chris says: All day? So I’d say 6 hours or so in a crockpot.

By: another Lori

another Lori — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:27:17 +0000

forgot to mention that it’s wonderful with potato gnocchi (but not homemade, I believe in Sandra Lee…) and I tried garbanzo beans the second time around. I also appreciate the fact that I’ll never have to make a special trip to make this, because I always have stuff like this on hand. Thanks again (& sorry for the typo above).

By: another Lori

another Lori — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:24:43 +0000

In the past 4 days I made this twice and fed it to 10 different people. I actually love to cook and think I’m pretty good soemtimes, but this is the first time my best friend offered to pay me for the leftovers. THANK YOU! We also LOVED the roasted chicken & veggies.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:35:23 +0000

I tried this recipe tonight and it is now my DH’s new favorite soup and it was well received by my 3 boys. I just added the pasta uncooked about 30 mins before eating and it cooked up great. Thanks for sharing. I’m going to try more of your recipes this week.

By: Karina

Karina — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:39:32 +0000

I tried this recipe this weekend and it was so easy and turned out great! Not only did my kids like it, but my husband, who is a chef and is rarely impressed with my cooking, liked it! It was even better the 2nd day. I’ll definitely make this again.

By: Judith

Judith — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:15:36 +0000

I am curious do you break up the sausages after taking them out of the casing or do you fry them whole? Sounds delicious and will definitely try this recipe.

Chris says: I broke them up

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:06:22 +0000

Here is some gluten free bread recipes and an account about it’s greatness.
http://easyglutenfreebaking.blogspot.com/2008/01/easy-gluten-free-sandwich-bread.html

http://blogs.timesunion.com/glutenfree/?p=53

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:07:55 +0000

Your right, there is nothing light freshly baked bread with a hot bowl of soup or with any meal. Yoursoup recipe sounds great!

By: Christina

Christina — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:23:05 +0000

Made the soup tonight for dinner. It was DELISH! Didn’t use the wine. Also, left out noodles AND beans for the kids. Yum.

By: Paula

Paula — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:03:17 +0000

I would nominate my Black & Decker Steamer as my 4th essential kitchen tool. We do steamed veggies & rice (separately) CONSTANTLY. For my finicky son who seems to prefer canned veggies, I cut certain vegetables in little bite size pieces, steam them thoroughly and mix with the canned stuff. It works. Oh, and the best part about the steamer is the timer. Set it and it “dings” and shuts off automatically when time’s up. Love it love it LOVE it. And cleanup is easy.