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Creamy Strawberry Soup As Appetizer

admin — Tue, 12 May 2009 05:24:30 +0000

Strawberry Soup With Mint And Cream

Strawberry Soup Ingredients

1 cup strawberries, fresh
½ cup milk, low fat or fat free
4 ounce plain yogurt, low fat or fat free
1 teaspoon sugar
Fresh fruit, strawberries, halved
Fresh mint

Method:

Place low fat milk, low fat plain yogurt, fresh strawberries and sugar in a food processor or blender container. Cover and process or blend to get a smooth mixture.
Remove the mixture in a medium size bowl and place it in the refrigerator to chill for about 3 to 4 hours or until it is ready to serve.
Garnish with additional fresh strawberries and fresh mint if desired. Serve. This recipe makes 2 servings.

Health Tip:

Creamy strawberry soup is a quick diabetes friendly, low calorie recipe which can be prepared in less than 10 minutes. This recipe provides about 100 calories, 1 gm total fat, 5 gm proteins and 18 gm carbohydrates per serving.
You may use a sugar substitute equivalent to 1 teaspoon sugar in this recipe to decrease the total calories and total carbohydrates (especially simple sugars) of this recipe.
You may use any other seasonal fruits like mangoes or peaches in place of the strawberries to prepare creamy mango soup or creamy peach soup respectively for variation.

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Hamburger Vegetable Soup Recipe With Healthy Tomatoes

admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:53:10 +0000

Quick Hamburger Delicious Soup Recipe

Hamburger Ingredients

4 ounce ground beef, extra lean
3 cups beef broth, reduced sodium
4 ounce ground turkey, uncooked
1 can (14 ½ ounce) tomatoes, diced and un-drained
1 medium onion, chopped fine
1 celery stalk, sliced
1 carrot, shredded coarsely
1 clove garlic, minced
1 medium potato, chopped
½ teaspoon fresh rosemary or ¼ teaspoon dried, crushed rosemary
1 teaspoon fresh thyme or ¼ teaspoon dried, crushed thyme
½ tablespoon fresh sage or ½ teaspoon dried, crushed sage
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Fresh sage, optional

Method:

Combine the ground beef, ground turkey, carrots, onion, garlic and celery in a medium size Dutch oven. Cook the mixture over medium heat until the onions are tender and the meat is brown. Tilt the oven on one side and push the inner mixture on the opposite side.
After about 10 minutes the fat will be collected on the tilted side. Drain off the excess fat from the mixture and stir in the reduced sodium beef broth and tomatoes. Add all the herbs, namely the thyme, sage, rosemary, salt and freshly ground pepper to the beef mixture in the oven.
Bring the beef mixture with broth to the boil over medium heat. Add chopped potatoes and reduce the heat. Cover the lid and let the contents simmer over low heat for about 10 to 12 minutes or until the vegetables turn tender. Serve the soup hot in soup bowls. Garnish with additional fresh sage if desired. This recipe makes 6 servings.

Health Tip:

Quick hamburger soup is a low calorie soup recipe which provides about 103 calories, 10 gm carbohydrates, 10 gm proteins and 2 gm total fat (1 gm saturated fat and 19 mg cholesterol) per serving.
This recipe can be considered a high sodium soup recipe as it provides about 418 mg sodium per serving. So if you are on a reduced sodium diet and want to include this soup recipe in your meal then balance your intake of other sodium rich foods accordingly. Avoid adding additional salt to the soup and use low sodium beef broth to reduce the total sodium content of the soup.
The beef used in this recipe is extra lean, but make sure that the turkey you use is also without the skin. This is because the major fat is situated below the skin of the meat. Also make sure to drain all the excess fat thoroughly in step 1 to keep the total fat and cholesterol content of this recipe low.

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Beef Soup Recipes With Root Vegetables And Beef Round Steak

admin — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:50:27 +0000

Vegetable Beef Soup Recipes For Supper

Beef Soup Ingredients:

¾ pound boneless beef, round steak
1½ can beef broth, around 7 ounce
1 celery stalk, sliced
½ medium carrot, sliced
½ onion, chopped coarsely
1 medium potato, peeled and cut into ¾ inch cubes
½ large sweet potato, peeled and cut into ¾ inch cubes
2 medium turnips, peeled and cut into ¾ inch cubes
½ tablespoon oil
1 tablespoon fresh thyme, snipped or 1 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed
1 teaspoon Worchester sauce
1 clove garlic, minced
1 bay leaf
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
½ cup water
Flat crackers

Method:

Cut the beef streaks into ¾ inch cubes and trim all the visible fat from them. Heat oil in a medium Dutch oven over medium heat. As the oil turns hot add the meat (half at a time for convenience) and cook until it turns golden brown in color. If you cook meat half at a time then add the first batch in the oven again along with the beef broth and water. Further add celery, carrot, onion, fresh or dried thyme, Worchester sauce, freshly ground black pepper, minced garlic, and bay leaf.
On medium heat bring the contents to a boil. After a boil reduce heat and cover the container. Simmer for about 60 to 65 minutes or until the meat is tender. Discard the bay leaf and stir in potatoes, sweet potatoes and turnips and return back to boiling. Cover and simmer on low to medium heat for about 15 minutes or till the vegetables and meat is tender. If you are using fresh thyme then stir in at this stage. Serve the soup hot with flat crackers if desired. This recipe makes 4 servings.

Health Tip:

Beef soup with root vegetables is a diabetes friendly recipe and provides about 224 calories, 7 gm fat, 22 gm protein and 19 gm carbohydrate per serving.
The sodium content of this recipe is about 665 mg per serving. If desired, use low sodium or reduced sodium beef broth along with low fat.
Remember to trim all the visible fat from the meat. This recipe already provides about 50 mg cholesterol per serving. You may choose to use extra lean meat in this recipe to further reduce the cholesterol and saturated fat content of this recipe.
The flat crackers that you serve along with the soup should be preferably whole wheat or other whole cereal crackers.

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