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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.

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