Soup can make you fat

Last week, I shared a soup recipe. Then, my friend who loves her soups cannot understand why she couldn't lose weight when she changed her diets to mostly salads, soups and bread rolls.

Well, you know that there are many different kinds of soup. I am guessing that her fondness for rich and thick soups is the main culprit.

Soups like cream of potato soup or cream of mushroom soup or cream of chicken soup and beef strongnafoff are fantastic soups; unfortunately, they are also full of cream, cheese and meat. In other words, they are loaded with calories. When you add croutons or eat them with bread rolls, pasta, rice, you will end up with even more calories. So, just because you are drinking soupd does not mean that you are on a low calorie diet.

Choose to drink clear soups whenever you can. Broth-based and vegetable based soups and stews are excellent choices when you are trying to lose fats. They can fill you, but have much lesser calories.

Healthy Recipe - Hamburger and Green Bean Soup

This is a hearty soup idea for cold nights or hungry children. It is simple to prepare and low in fat. It is rather filling too.

Ingredients
1/2 lb lean ground beef
1 cup onion, chopped

1 (10 3/4 ounce) can condensed cream of tomato soup (low fat or low sodium, regular is fine too)


1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 1/2 cups water
2/3 cup instant rice, uncooked

1 (15 ounce) can cut green beans, rinsed & drained
2 teaspoons dried parsley flakes
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
butter-flavored cooking spray

Directions

1 Spray a large saucepan with cooking spray.
2 Brown beef and chopped onions over medium heat until cooked though; drain any fat.
3 To the browned meat & onions, add the can of tomato soup, tomato sauce, and water.
4 Bring to a boil, then add uncooked instant rice, green beans, parsley, and black pepper; stir well.
5 Cover and reduce heat to low; let simmer for 15 minutes or until rice is tender, stirring once or twice.

Hope you enjoy this recipe.