Tuscan Peasant Soup

Have you ever made something so good you can't believe it was you that made it?

This soup was that meal for me. Just wonderful Italian flavors (pancetta, cabbage, onions, carrots, garlic, and rosemary) coming together in a really healthy and delicious way. I followed the recipe exactly as written except that I skipped the finishing bit of chopped rosemary as my husband doesn't love rosemary. But the chopped rosemary that went into the soup earlier was just the right amount to add both a subtle flavor and aroma to the soup. Soup is finished with a little squirt of fresh lemon juice and a mound of grated parmigiano reggiano in the center and toasted bread crumbs (I used toasted panko and it was perfect) circling that mound. Lovely flavor and lovely to look at.