Lulu's Copycats

Avgolemono is chicken breasts poached in stock with onion, carrot and celery, then shredded, with orzo cooked in the broth and the whole thing finished with whisked egg yolks and fresh lemon juice. One pot, …

Culver’s stuffed pepper soup is ground beef, four green bell peppers, fire roasted diced tomatoes, tomato sauce and beef stock simmered together for 30 minutes with cooked rice stirred in at the end. One pot, …

This sausage potato soup browns Italian sausage over medium heat, simmers red potatoes, carrots and celery in a seasoned chicken broth with heavy cream, and finishes with optional cheddar stirred in at the end. Stove …

This cream of mushroom soup sautés a pound and a half of cremini mushrooms in butter until deeply browned, simmers them in chicken broth with thyme, tarragon and garlic, then purées the lot smooth and …

This creamy chicken and gnocchi puts seared chicken, pan-fried gnocchi and sun-dried tomatoes into a parmesan cream sauce, all in one pan, in 30 minutes flat. The author calls it Marry Me Chicken as a …

Italian wedding soup is mini beef and pork meatballs browned in a skillet, then simmered in chicken broth with carrots, celery, onion, acini di pepe pasta and spinach, ready in 50 minutes. That makes this …

Panera tomato soup is two cans of San Marzano tomatoes simmered with onion, garlic, chicken stock, basil and a splash of heavy cream, then blended smooth, ready in 40 minutes. That makes this Panera tomato …

Olive Garden minestrone soup is onion, celery, carrots, zucchini, green beans, two kinds of beans and shell pasta simmered in a tomato vegetable broth with Italian seasoning, ready in 40 minutes. That makes this Olive …

Olive Garden chicken gnocchi soup is cooked chicken and potato gnocchi simmered in chicken broth with celery, carrots, onion and thyme, finished with half and half and fresh spinach, ready in 30 minutes. That makes …