The Soup Diet
A range of chunky and tasty soups that you can use as a diet. Not as part of a diet, but as complete, satisfying, low calorie meals. These are recipes that I am cooking for my partner to help her diet. The theory is that if I can make a soup (nearly a stew in some cases) tasty enough, she will just not want for anything more. And if they can be cooked in bulk so that they are really simple to heat up and use, then that will make them the easy alternative as well – good psychology all round! For a bit more about all this, click here.
Hot Lentil and Roasted Squash – The Soup Diet
This soup, though a little hard work, is as filling as anything and is a perfect candidate for making spicy, and therefore even more filling. Lentils are a wonder really, there is little I love more than Dhal and Rice, and they are stuffed full of most things that you need. The addition of... »
Mediterranean Chunky Soup – The Soup Diet
Right, here we go with the first soup I cooked my partner. It is very difficult to go wrong with anything that has carrots and tomatoes in it, to be honest, especially if influenced by the gorgeous people round the med. This soup would be as equally at home in Tuscany as Spain, probably,... »
Start The Soup Diet
Over the last week or so I have been cooking for my partner soups to allow her to diet as easily as possible. The theory is that a soup can be made to feel filling while being low in calories and high in good stuff. This has been fine and in her first week... »
