Zuppa Toscana

Tuscan soup with bacon, sausage, potatoes, and kale in a creamy broth.

Cooking Tricks and Tips

Slow Cooker (Crockpot) Cooking Instructions

1. Add water to meal in crockpot

Small Portion (SP) - 4 cups of water
Regular Portion (RP) - 6 cups of water
Bigger Portion (BP) - 8 cups of water

2. Cook on low for 2-3 hours (thawed) or 3-4 hours (frozen).

3. Remove cooked ground italian sausage and break a part using a spatula or meat chopper utensil. You'll know it is cooked thoroughly if it breaks a part easily and there is no pink inside. Return ground italian sausage back to pot and stir.

Slow Cooker (Crockpot) Sizes

The size of your crockpot can affect the outcome of your meal. If your crockpot is smaller than what we recommend, you may need to cook your meal a little longer. If it’s larger than what we recommend you may need to shorten the cooking time. You will need to keep a close eye on the italian sausage as it cooks. Here are the crockpot sizes we recommend for each meal size to help cook your meals just right:

Smaller Portion (SP) - 3-Quart
Regular Portion (RP) - 4-Quart
Bigger Portion (BP) - 6-Quart

Pressure Cooker (InstantPot) Cooking Instructions

Though Beehive Meals are primarily designed to be cooked within a slow cooker (Crockpot), many of our meals can be cooked in a Pressure Cooker (InstantPot). Please reference our Pressure Cooker Instructions in the helpful links below.

Troubleshooting and Helpful Links:

Pressure Cooker (InstantPot) Cooking Instructions
How to avoid tough, rubbery, or even chewy chicken in your slow cooker
5 Tips to Help Get to Know your Slow Cooker
Adjusting for the Perfect Cooking Time

INGREDIENTS: ground italian sausage (pork, water, spices, salt, corn syrup solids, paprika, spice extractives), bacon (cured with water, salt, sugar, smoke flavoring, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, flavoring, sodium nitrate), potatoes (potatoes, dextrose, disodium pyrophosphate, potassium sorbate), heavy cream (heavy cream, milk, carageenan, mono and diglycerides), kale, onion, spices.

CONTAINS: DAIRY, SOY, CORN.

ALLERGEN DISCLAIMER: This product is manufactured in a facility that processes soy, dairy, wheat, tree nuts, shell fish, fish, peanuts, and eggs and may contain traces of these products.