Thanks for posting this......I was just thinking I need ideas!
Progresso makes a great line of healthy soups....I love the Minestrone, tomato, black bean, split pea. Very filling and quick!
One that I like to make from my Cooking Light 5 Ingredient, 15 Minute Cookbook is Sausage and Black Bean soup. It has 6 oz. turkey kielbasa, 1 cup diced bell peppers,1 can black beans, drained, 1 can chicken broth, 1/4 c salsa and cilantro. Saute Sausage and Pepper for one minute, add rest of the ingredients. Bring to boil...reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 5 mins. Yumm!!
Robin
Formerly "Robinbebe"
Posts: 420 | Location: SE Michigan | Registered: August 19, 2004
Use whole chicken or chicken drumstick or thigh. If you use chicken breast, be careful not to overcook.
Simmer for 1-2 hours with bay leaf, garlic clove, celery, onions. Add 1/2 cup pearl barley in 2nd hour of cooking (must be pearl barley in order to get the right creamy consistency). Add carrots in last 20 minutes. Mushrooms, brussels sprouts, green beans, are all great additions to round the soup out. Add boullion, salt & pepper to taste. Sometimes I also add a little tarragon.
Cat
Posts: 28 | Location: San Jose CA | Registered: September 15, 2005
Heat chicken broth and add spinach--fresh or frozen. Beat an egg or two adding some Parm cheese. Drop the egg into the broth, stirring the entire time. Delicious.
Chop the following veggies into 1" chunks (amounts will depend on how much you want to make): Carrots, 3 or 4 Turnips, 1 Parsnips,3 Butternut squash, one half squash Potato (if you want) 2 Shallots, 8
Preheat oven to 450. Toss veggies with 1/4c honey and 1T oil to coat. Roast for 35 minutes or until just browned. Whirl in a blender with chicken or beef broth until the soup consistency is as thick as you like it. Salt and Pepper to taste.
I adore this recipe - I made it up last week and have had it twice since then!
Lynne
Posts: 1104 | Location: NH | Registered: February 28, 2005
I put 1-2 cups of froz and/or fresh vegs in a pot with 1 c. water. When it comes to a boil, I add 1/2 packet of instant miso. Or I add half of a chick or veg or mushroom or beef broth cube.
Both the miso and broth cubes supply about 30% of your sodium for the day... so I used half a serving's worth.
black bean soup, In a crock pot, put about a 1/2 cup or dired black beans, (do not soak, just rinse to make sure they are clean) a jar of your favorate salsa, a bag of frozen mixed veggies, cover with water, add a big pinch of season salt, and a big spoon of garlic, cook on low all day or cook on high for 6 hours season to taste this is great with a hunk of bread or a tortilia. jennifer
I absolutely LOVE the Imagine line of soups. The portobello mushroom variety is the current family favorite.
I doctor it up a bit by adding fresh mushrooms, chives and 1 tsp of parmesean cheese.
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Quick and easy: handful of tortellini cooked in veggie broth (or FF chicken broth). When tort is finished, toss in a bunch of chopped escarole and cook for 1 minute or so. Top with a little shaved parm, and slurp it up with a slice of crusty WW bread. If you want to add a little more, sautte onion and garlic together before adding broth and tort, and add some sliced sundried tomatos in with the tort.
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Posts: 710 | Location: Jersey Shore, USA | Registered: March 11, 2004
