Soup as a meal

I used to joke with my wife that soup is not a meal but I have changed a bit over the years and now I not only like soup but soup is something that we probably have at least once a week for dinner.

Now that winter is here sometimes we can get that urge for soup. soup is a great food as it is very low in calories and has a lot of taste to it. I am not a proponent of the cabbage soup diet or anything in thinking that soup is a magical answer to losing weight but it does in fact fill you up with a lot of vitamins as well.

If you are eating a lot of times a day, doing more grazing than eating, then you do not feel so disappointed about having a smaller meal at dinner. soup i guess could also be a great meal for lunch. What my wife will usually do is make whatever soups that we want from a can and then also make grilled cheese sandwiches, which the kids love.

The only drawback to be concerned about is sodium. There tends to be a lot of sodium in soup so watch how much you eat. If anything maybe the salt in soup would be a deterrent for people that are thinking about eating nothing but soup to lose weight to think twice about it. A soup diet would probably not be very healthy and at the same time I do not think that anyone would be too terribly excited about eating nothing but soup for the rest of their life.

If you want to get a start making your own soup then here is a recipe for a hearty vegetable soup:

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 medium sized onion
2 each carrot
1 handfull green beans
8 each button mushrooms
4 cups chicken stock
3 cups water
6 each potato
salt and pepper
1/4 cup parsley

Also Cooks.com has lots of soup recipes so that you don’t have to eat from a can.

Help other people discover this post

Looking to make a change and lose some weight? I have reviewed the top diet on the internet and you can go and read over 200 comments people have made about why this diet has worked well for them, as well as some of the problems.