Wow! This is delicious!
We love garlic so we used about 2 tbs. And used country sausage because we didn't have Italian. We used about 1/2 tsp of pepper and 1 tsp of salt and it worked out.
This is scrumptious! My partner isn't a big fan of soups and he devoured it.
Made this a second time and contemplating not adding any salt next time. Still scrumptious! I also recommend making this in a 4qt pot. It holds everything together nicely.