Is your New Year’s resolution to eat healthier and lose a few pounds? Well, what’s nice about this soup recipe is that no matter what diet you are following, vegetables should be on your daily menu. The experts recommend that we eat five to seven servings of vegetables a day!
I was surfing the net looking for a good low cal. vegetable soup recipe. Did you know that Dolly Parton has a Basic Fat Burning Soup recipe that she uses in conjunction with her own Fat Burning Diet Program? The soup can be eaten any time you feel hungry and you may eat as much as you wish.
I also came across Kann Wilson’s Garden Vegetable Soup posted on Food.com. This recipe is very similar to the Weight Watchers soup recipe and I noticed it received an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars on 42 reviews. According to Weight Watchers, many people that follow the program say that the WW soup is the secret to their weight-loss success.
All of the above mentioned recipes are very similar garden vegetable soups. The following recipe is a spicy variation with fresh spinach.
Recipe: Spicy Garden Vegetable Soup
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup sliced carrot
- 1/2 cup diced onion
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 2 cups fat free vegetable broth
- 1 cup Spicy Hot V-8 Juice
- 1 1/2 cups diced green cabbage
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups fresh spinach chopped into strips
- 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
- 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Heat oil over medium-high heat.
- Saute the carrots, onion, garlic and celery until softened, about 5 minutes.
- Add broth, V-8 juice, cabbage and seasonings.
- Simmer on low heat covered about 20 minutes.
- Stir in the spinach and heat for about 2 -3 minutes.
- Serve hot sprinkled with Parmesan cheese
Quick Notes
This recipe is a variation on the Weight Watchers vegetable soup recipe, however I substituted the V-8 juice for the tomato paste and 1 cup of broth. Also, instead of zucchini, I added fresh spinach and omitted green beans. This soup would not be considered “zero points” due to the olive oil and Parmesan cheese.
Variations
For a thicker consistency, use an immersion blender to puree the soup. You may substitute other vegetables that you have on hand, like zucchini, peppers or green beans. Also reduce the sodium by using reduced sodium vegetable broth and V-8 juice.
I love everything in there! I think this is a must.
OHHH goodness I’m loving this!!!
Blueviolet, Alexis! Glad you stopped by. It’s good. Give it a try!
YUM! That looks easy and delicious! And we love cabbage
I love veggies, this soup looks delicious!
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This looks delicious – I’m trying it! Thank you
I love Dolly Parton. She has always been such an inspiration to me.
This looks delicious and healthy – I’m trying it! Thank you
Wow, this recipe looks amazingly delicious!!!
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I am a great soup lover and i liked this and I am saving it for my further use
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Great recipe! I think I would add squash and maybe some canned tomatoes, as well as some quinoa
This is a great recipe. I have recently transferred my love of cooking to creating healthier variations of favorites and creating new dishes all together. I have been posting them and am always looking for a new challenge.
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This is one I must try soon. I’m always on the lookout for easy and healthy recipes. Thanks for sharing!
This is a great recipe. My daughter is vegetarian so she would make this. I like that you added the Spicy V-8 to it also. All the ingredient are healthy and it is not difficult to make at all. It is nice that we can add or delete different vegetables to make it a bit different too.
Great recipes! I LOVE soup and am also trying to lose weight. BUT… I couldn’t get the link to Dolly Parton’s soup recipe to work for me. Would you please email it to me if you have it?
Hi Deb,
I emailed you that link and fixed it here. Thanks for stopping by. Good luck with your weight loss efforts. (I know how hard it is!)
Hi Deb,
I emailed you that link and fixed it here.Good luck with your weight loss efforts. (I know how hard it is!)
This would be so yummy on one of these increasingly cold fall nights!
Thanks for yet another recipe my Honey/Hubby will love: he’s really gotten into eating veggies (and it’s no accident that he’s also lost 45 pounds already THIS year! And I mean REALLY lost!)
He loves spicy foods and even drink a can of V-8 EVERY morning (not the spicy which he likes better – but for daily intake we prefer the Low-Sodium.) This is exactly the kind of recipe we both love – because it’s convenient, inexpensive, healthy, easy to make and endlessly versatile. It’s also filling and perfect for dieters!
P.S. LOVE the addition of the Spinach!