Bacon Cheeseburger Gnocchi – Everything you love about cheeseburgers in a gnocchi dish! Cheesy gnocchi tossed with a homemade burger sauce, ground beef, and topped with crispy bacon and chopped pickles.

Hi guys.

I’ve put pickles on something you’re not supposed to put pickles on again.

I’m sorry.

But listen, I’m having this thing with burgers right now. I took my kids to In-n-Out for our Christmas Eve dinner – did I tell you guys that? We defininitely had animal fries and double doubles in between making cookies for Santa.

And I’ve been thinking about burgers since then but, you know, New Years resolutions or whatever. So going into this long weekend I told myself I’d get In-n-Out by myself on Tuesday if I was good the entire weekend and then you know what happened yesterday?

Snow day.

A. SNOW. DAY.

In central Texas.

It didn’t snow. It was 19 degrees and I’m happy I didn’t have to go anywhere but I either needed snow or a burger in my life.

Maybe today if it warms up enough for me to leave the house.

…

I’m digging the soups lately. Have you noticed?

I really love potato soups but I don’t like how they kind of turn into mashed potatoes once they sit overnight in the fridge. This soup, which uses gnocchi, solves that problem! The soup stays soupy but you still get the potato-ness that you love. It’s so tasty and comforting! Perfect with a slice of crusty bread.

I plan on making this a lot over the next few months but I’ll probably leave out the chicken from now on. The chicken was nice to make it feel like a “real” meal but I think the soup itself is heavy enough to not need it. To make it completely veggie, use vegetable broth in place of the chicken broth.

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Chicken Gnocchi Soup

adapted from A Taste of Home Cooking

Ingredients

4 teaspoons olive oil divided
1 onion diced
2 carrots peeled and thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic minced
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
3 tablespoons flour
1 cup half and half
2½ cups milk lowfat or skim is fine
1½ cups chicken broth
2 boneless chicken breasts cooked & diced
1 pound gnocchi
1 very large handful spinach coarsley chopped
¼ teaspoon cayenne
salt and pepper to taste
Parmesan and green onions for servings

Instructions

Heat 2 teaspoons of the olive oil over medium heat in a large stock pot. Add onion and saute until the onion just begins to become translucent, about 2 minutes. Add carrots, saute the mixture for another 2 - 3 minutes until both are tender. Add garlic and Italian seasoning. Cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
Add the remaining 2 teaspoons of olive oil and the flour. Stir to make sure all veggies are coated and continue to stir while the flour cooks. Slowly stir in half and half, milk, and chicken broth. Raise the heat to high and allow to bubble. The mixture will thicken slowly.
Once it's thickened, add chicken and gnocchi. The gnocchi only requires about 3 minutes of cooking and will float to the top when it's done. Once it floats, add the spinach - it will wilt almost immediately. Season with cayenne, salt, and pepper.
Serve piping hot with Parmesan and green onions on top.