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Soup is great for keeping the weight off
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We have started a tradition for the fall/winter in our house: Soup Sunday. Make a new soup recipe each Sunday. My husband is loving it. Fresh soup tastes amazing a servings are under 300 calories for any I am making. Make a large pot on Sunday and save the rest for the week. Helps the waistline and the wallet. And a homemade soup beats canned any day!
I do this too...its called Sunday Supper Soup. I throw in whatever leftover meat from our Sunday supper and then slam it with all kinds of veggies. It serves as my lunch for the rest of the week...double win!0 -
Hubby is a Truck Driver so every Saturday/Sunday when he is home we make meals for the whole week that way we can Skype dinner together. I try to plan a soup each week as one of those meals.
As far as "servings" go. I always put all the ingredients into MFP and measure out what I get into 1 cup servings (which is the size of my ladle). There are 4 cups (servings) per quart of soup.0 -
Soup has been my mid-afternoon meal for the last month. 70 calories Progresso Lite...But I will try some of the awsome recipes that some have posted...Thanks0
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I eat homemade soup nearly everyday for lunch. 8 ounces fills me up and keeps me going until my 3:00 snack. There's so many varieties I never get bored. Sure beats the hell out of salad.
Absolutely better than salad! Especially in the colder months. I want something HOT for lunch!0 -
Soup has been my mid-afternoon meal for the last month. 70 calories Progresso Lite...But I will try some of the awsome recipes that some have posted...Thanks
[I forgot to say, I take one can of soup divided in half, one can will = two days of mid afternoon snack/meal]0 -
I loved the cabbage beef soup Shoney's Restaurant made when I was a teenager. My version of it. I like chicken better so . . .
after fixing stewed chicken I use the broth left over and make my soup. I cut up a head of cabbage, add a can of chopped tomatoes (I can them during the summer but store bought works fine), a diced large onion, some chopped green onions using the whole thing, Salt and pepper flakes, 16 oz or more of tomatoe juice, a couple stalks of celery, then you can add carrots, or any other veggie you want. You can use beef stock instead of chicken. I like to use my own chicken broth because of the sodium in everything you buy is high.0 -
I agree. I grew up on canned Campbell's soups. So, it wasn't until I was an adult and started to cook my own meals that I fell in love with soups. My soup recipes are the recipes most requested by daughters now that they are grown.0
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We like to make soup with all our random leftover veggies at the end of the week, and store the leftovers in freezer. Makes a delicious lunch for later, and we don't get tired of that particular soup.... However, our freezer is getting really full from all the soup we've had lately... yum0
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thank you passing this link along!0
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my favorite is a knock off from olive garden's zuppa toscano. I cook potatoes and turkey italian sausage, add milk and heat until hot then I take Kale i have chopped and drop on top of my bowl of hot soup to steam cook. I don't have calorie count because I haven't ran it through the recipe thing but it is soooo good and tasty.0
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Just had soup for lunch - New Covent Garden Plum Tomato. Yum.
I do make homemade soup when I have the time, but love the New Coent Garden soups for when I don't.0 -
As I am scrolling through I am eating Campbells cream of potato with dried beef and baby pearl onions added Warm and yummy0
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I love this idea!We have started a tradition for the fall/winter in our house: Soup Sunday. Make a new soup recipe each Sunday. My husband is loving it. Fresh soup tastes amazing a servings are under 300 calories for any I am making. Make a large pot on Sunday and save the rest for the week. Helps the waistline and the wallet. And a homemade soup beats canned any day!0 -
Totally agree and love soup!
Just be careful about the sodium though. Some soups can have a LOAD of sodium, and that's not good for your health either
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Love homemade soups. Thanks for posting.0
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When I was younger I hated any type of soup. However, in the last year or so, I have really developed a taste for it! My current favorites are potato & broccoli soup, and chicken veggie soup.
And this time of year, you have to have a bowl of chili from time to time! I love my traditional chili or white chicken chili either one!
The only drawback to soup for me is, neither my hubby nor my kids are huge fans of soup!0 -
I love batch cooking on Sundays, and soup is usually one of the items on my to-cook list. LOVE having soup for lunch each day and having enough different varieties in the freezer to keep it interesting. I freeze in individual serving ziploc bowls and then pop out into a ziplock bag to store in the freezer. Each morning, I put one of those freezer bags of soup in my lunch bag instead of an icepack to keep everything cold until lunchtime.0
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(Marking for later..thanks for the links.)
Can't beat homemade soups for lunches on cool days! I use the slow cooker and make a vegetable soup with added legumes. Great for cleaning out the frig, filling and delicious.0 -
I'm getting a kick out of the 'cold day' comments. one of my favorite things in the world is conch chowder on a steaming hot island at noon, with additional hot sauce. very favvorite0
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I agree. I've eaten it for the last 3 nights. It's so filling. I just make sure to only eat soup I make because canned soup is so full of sodium.0
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Cream of broccoli, so yumm. I use this recipe: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/best-cream-of-broccoli-soup/?scale=6&ismetric=00
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A great " can of soup" with low calories, and decent protein is Campbells Go (its in a pouch). I love the Moroccan Chicken. Its great to keep at work as a "just in case" meal. Good luck everyone!
I do this too! I always keep some soup in my office for the "just in case" meals I actually did this today! Today it was grilled chicken and vegetable. Just have to watch out for the sodium content in some of them...but they are a great choice most of the time! 0 -
Currently eating a cup of Knorr "Cup of Soup!" At 50 calories a cup, it's a great winter snack that leaves you feeling like you've eaten more than a few lettuce leaves. Homemade soup is the bomb too. I'm a big fan of cabbage soup as it's low in calories and has mystical "healing" properties.0
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I am very into soup right now...obviously the season calls for it...I just ate some soup and it was delicious!0
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Ooh I do this too it's awesome! We've had a few cold days and I've been so thankful for the soup! Just a reminder to everyone that soup freezes incredibly well so there is no risk in making a humongous pot o soupWe have started a tradition for the fall/winter in our house: Soup Sunday. Make a new soup recipe each Sunday. My husband is loving it. Fresh soup tastes amazing a servings are under 300 calories for any I am making. Make a large pot on Sunday and save the rest for the week. Helps the waistline and the wallet. And a homemade soup beats canned any day! 0 -
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Thanks for the suggestions.They sound great.0
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Thanks for the recipes. :flowerforyou:0
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