Low Calorie Cabbage Soup
This tasty cabbage soup is easy to make and works out at under 100 calories per serving. A favourite of people following a low calorie diet. It is fresh, full of flavour and packed full of tasty vegetables.
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- 2 small onions diced
- 4 medium carrots diced
- 3 sticks celery diced
- 1 small red bell pepper diced
- 1 small yellow bell pepper diced
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1 medium cabbage shredded
- 1 stock cube / bouillon cube made up with 3 cups / 700ml boiled water
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste / puree
- 1.5 cups green beans (100g) sliced
- 1 - 2 pinches salt to taste
- 1 - 2 pinches pepper to taste
- 1 sprig fresh thyme optional
Instructions
- Place the oil in the bottom of a heavy bottomed saucepan / dutch oven. Warm over a medium heat.
- Add the diced onions, carrots, celery and peppers and saute for 5 - 6 minutes until they have started to soften. If you find that the vegetables start to stick to the bottom of the pan add a couple of tablespoons of water to loosen and continue to stir.
- Add the garlic and the fresh thyme (if using) and saute for a further 1 - 2 minutes. Don't allow the garlic to burn!
- Stir in the tomato paste.
- Add the shredded cabbage and then pour in the stock and mix.
- Bring the mixture to a boil. Once it has started to boil you can reduce the temperature so that the mixture is simmering.
- Simmer gently for 8 - 10 minutes.
- Add the green beans and continue to gently simmer for a further 3 to 4 minutes.
- Remove from the heat.
- Add salt and pepper to taste.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cupCalories: 97kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 4gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gSodium: 403mgPotassium: 624mgFiber: 7gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 7684IUVitamin C: 103mgCalcium: 106mgIron: 1mg
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