Low Fat Soup Recipes That Taste Great
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Soup is good for nutritional and dietary needs. It’s also a very budget-friendly food as you can make a large pot for a low cost and freeze a batch for another day. When cooking, don’t settle for commercial soups all the time, because they’re often high in sodium,preservatives and low on flavor.
By making your own low fat soups you will fill up with a low amount of calories and that is very nutritious.
Here are a few low fat soup recipes for you to try:
Vegetarian Chili Soup
This recipe serves about 4-5 people.
This is a combo of a soup and a stew. It’s low cal and high in flavour and fibre so will help you stay full longer.
Use 1 can each of:
- diced tomatoes
- tomato soup
- baked beans
- kidney beans
- 1 small diced onion
- 1 diced bell pepper (any colour or use several varieties)
- Sliced mushrooms
1. Brown all vegetables and then mix all ingredients.
2. Then add salt, pepper, garlic, and chili powder to taste.
3. Cook over medium heat until peppers are tender.
Low Fat Macaroni Vegetable Soup Recipe
This recipe will make about 4 bowls of yummy low fat soup.
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Low fat soup recipes include just about any veggie you like, because most vegetables are low calorie and high in nutrition.
Here’s a pasta vegetable soup you will love:
- 1 envelope of Lipton chicken noodle soup
- 4 cups of water
- 1 can of diced tomatoes
- 7 or 8 sliced baby carrots
- 2 stalks of celery
- 1 handful of macaroni (whole wheat if possible)
Method: Place all ingredients in a saucepan and simmer soup for about 30 minutes or until macaroni and carrots are tender.
Lower Fat Cream Soup Recipes
Creamy soups are delicious but aren’t exactly figure friendly, are they? You can substitute skim milk for the cream to begin with. Then trim the butter, and add chicken broth for extra flavour in just about any cream soup recipe. Finally how about some low fat soup recipes for Cream of Broccoli? Here’s one:
Low Fat Cheesy Cream of Broccoli Soup
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This recipe will give you about 2-3 bowls.
1. To start boil or steam a head’s worth of broccoli flowerets (or broccolini) until it’s tender. Reserve a cup of the steaming or boiling broccoli water.
2. Follow by mixing a tablespoon of flour into a tablespoon of melted butter in a saucepan. Make a roux by slowly adding about 1 cup of skim milk.
3. Then add some soup stock (chicken bouillon. The condensed jelly type if possible – about 1 tablespoon).
4. Add broccoli and a tablespoon of light cream cheese and then about 1-2 tablespoons of light Parmesan cheese.
5. Add reserved broccoli water, and slowly add another cup of milk.
6. Finally simmer 20-30 minutes to melt all the cheese and blend flavours. Add salt, pepper, and other spices to taste.
Overall, soup is a low fat food. When you make it homemade, you control the salt and fat content. It’s budget friendly, figure friendly, crockpot friendly, and freezer friendly, too. Why not experiment with some low fat soup recipes today!
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