February 21, 2005 | |
Soup makes generous use of that miraculous no-carbohydrate, no-calorie, yet filling ingredient: Water. This makes soup a valuable ally in the effort to control one’s weight. It’s really easy to make a pot of soup. Yet many people think of soup only as something that comes from a can. This is a shame for two reasons – homemade soup is vastly better than canned, and you can control what goes in it – and that includes the quality and quantity of carbs. Many canned soups are heavy on the rice, noodles, or potatoes, while others are thickened with cornstarch (some even have corn syrup). Here are some tips for making your own: Soups call for broth (packaged bouillon cubes or granules will not do). Many have more additives than they do chicken or beef. Kitchen Basics, Health Valley and Pacific Foods are good brands of broth. You can find all of these at you local grocery store. Health food stores are also a good source of broth with no empty calories. But, making broth is a piece of cake. Simply bring 2 quarts of water to a boil, add a teaspoon of salt, add any kind of bones you would like, let simmer for a few hours and you will have broth. If you remember to add a tablespoon or two of vinegar to the simmering soup bones, and you’ll get calcium-rich stock. Food
for thought: Puree 2 ripe avocados and simmer with 1 quart of hot chicken broth for 6 servings of California Soup – just 2 grams of usable carb per serving. A little curry powder is nice in this, too. Simmer your favorite low-carb vegetable plus a little chopped onion in chicken broth until tender. Then puree in the blender along with some cream or cream cheese for an easy cream soup. Cauliflower substitutes well in creamy potato soup recipes, while turnips are a great stand-in for potatoes in vegetable-beef soup, Manhattan clam chowder, and similar preparations. Because 1 cup of diced potato has 11.5 grams of usable carb, while 1 cup of cauliflower has 2.8 grams of usable carb, and 1 cup diced turnip has 6.1 grams of usable carb, the carbohydrate savings can be substantial. Drinking copious amounts of water flushes fats out of you system as well as increasing you metabolism. What I suggest is adding the juice of half a lemon to 32 ounces of water with a sprinkle of Steviva Brand Stevia Powder. Aside from being less than 2 carbs, you will get the health benefits that the stevia provides along with the vitamin C and electrolytes that lemon have. You can substitute limes for lemons if you get bored. Click here to order stevia powder. If any of you have a web site that you would like to promote Steviva Brand products on, we have a great affiliate program that will pay you a 15% commission on every sale. Please sign up here. We have affiliates making thousands per month. Why not join? If you have questions about our products we highly recommend going to our Frequently Asked Questions pages or searching our resource center. Our resource center contains hundreds of links to a variety of sites that contain information regarding stevia, low carb, health and more. Check it out! Have you missed out on one of our newsletter? Please go to our Newsletter Archives and you can read all our past issues. Thank all
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