Vegetable Soup Diet For Weight Loss
If you want to achieve some weight loss but do not want to go on a complete fast, then one type of diet that you may consider is the vegetable soup diet. Vegetable soups are low in calories and yet rich in nutrients. A variety of vegetables can make the soup diet more interesting. You can of course choose to go 100% on a vegetable soup diet or simply replace a couple of your meals with only soup.
If your aim is weight loss and if you intend to go healthy, then you should not be taking canned vegetable soup. In canned soup, the sodium content is extremely high and the nutritional value is low. After consuming it, you feel bloated but are not sufficiently nourished.
Also, skip the milk. If you really need to, then add low fat milk.
Here is a great recipe for your vegetable soup diet
Corn and Sweet Potato Soup
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 onion, finely diced
2 garlic cloves, crushed
7 ½ cups of vegetable stock
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 medium sweet potato diced
1 lb corn kernels (fresh or frozen)
Sea salt
Lime wedges to serve
Instructions:
Heat the oil in a large soup pan and gently fry the onion until soft (approximately 5 minutes). Add the garlic and gently fry for another 2 minutes. Add 1/14 cups of vegetable stock to the pan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the cumin and diced sweet potato and simmer a further 10 minutes. Season to taste and add the corn and remaining stock. Simmer approximately 10 minutes.
Remove soup from heat and let cool slightly. Transfer half of the soup to a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. Stir the smooth soup into the pan and mix together with the chunky remaining soup and gently stir together.
Serve into warm bowls with lime wedges on the side.
