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.
If you like this post then you will probably like these other related items as well
Entries (RSS)