Question:
soups?!
I'm now surfing on into the pureed soup stage and I would love some advice on what kind of canned soup purees the best. — origamistar (posted on March 26, 2009)
March 25, 2009
hi there- soups are one of my fav foods, whether canned or homemade, and
truth be told, even now 5 yrs post op, would rather have soups over
anything else. As to the kind, i pureed all soups, from cream mushroom, to
myt fav clam chowders, but i took out all the potatoes from all of them,
didnt need the white carbs, just the good flavors. I made my own soups
because I could control the sodium, carbs and made sure I bllended them
with lots of dense protein, the most important. I used sodium free
tomatoes, lots of cabbage, the good carbs, lots of leeks, onions, jalipeno
peppers because i am a good flavor junkie, minimal carrots, lots of string
beans, etc. Go to Allrecipes.com, type in soups, and a whole other world
of soups will tickle your fancy. Every recipe can be adapted to our eating
protocol. Use your imagination, be creative and who knows, you may be the
next person everyone wants your personal recipe for great soups. There is
one particular soup, " Healing cabbage soup", on that web site,
that is to die for, another is " Split pea with rosemary soup"
that is still a staple in my house. The eggplant supper soup is another
great one filled with fresh goodness. Add or delete to your tastes. If
you limit yourself to canned, you are looking at mega amounts of sodium
which you should stay away from, it impedes wt loss. Try the beer roAsted
lime chicken, puree it, and OMG, delish. Hope this helps. Get creative,
think outside the campbell box to the next generation- minus the pasta,
potatoes and rice- think leafy green veges, ground white turkey meat,
chicken, shell fish like shrimp etc to give it good flavors. Good luck
Cindi M.D. retired - 230 lbs 5 yrs post op
— DollyDoodles
March 25, 2009
I like the Campbells Cream of Chicken Soup in a can. You pull the lid off
of it, heat it for 2 minutes in the can, put the lid back on it and sip
through the lid. Costs about $1.48 a can at Walmart. This is also not as
thick as regular Cream of Chicken Soup.
— texasweb
March 26, 2009
I also have fallen in love with soups. I make egg drop soup at home and
LOVE the new V8 cream soups.
— phyllismmay
March 26, 2009
check out the soup recipes on www.bariatriceating.com. As for store
bought, I love Campbell's bean and bacon (watch the sodium though. I don't
know if it comes in low sodium
— Darkeesha S.
March 27, 2009
When I was at that point I really liked any of the Progresso soups as they
still had lots of good flavor when they were pureed. Especially Chicken
Noodle, Meatball, Italian Wedding. Usually was getting 3 meals from 1 can.
Sounds like you are doing well. Keep up the good work.
— bodozer
March 27, 2009
You won't believe what I did at the puree stage. I had a Lean Cuisine
salmon dinner. I knew salmon is loaded with protein so I cooked the whole
dinner, threw it in my blender and pureed the whole thing. It didn't look
real pretty but it was pretty tasty.
— Muggs
March 27, 2009
I absolutely loved making eggdrop soup from low sodium chicken broth and
bringing it to a boil and droping an egg in and scrambling it. It is still
a comfort food for me. I also added pure unflavored protein to it. To
give me more protein.
— Linda G.
March 27, 2009
I also loved the Campbell's Bean with Bacon,,
— sblady329
March 27, 2009
I make my own soups! I am a HUGE soup fan like Doodles! But I can control
the hidden fats/sodium and carbs in canned stuff...I start with a chicken
carcass and boil it with veggies (carrots, celery, onion for a bsic chicken
stock. After that I add pureed chicken and beans and the veggies or cream
for a creamy soup... beans, lentils and soy beans or textured vegetable
protein (TVP) or miso/tofu ....My canned soup suggestions are anything by
"Amy's", Trader Joe's...Progresso...Split Pea and ham, Black Bean
Soup, Lentil and Minestrone...Chili soup...You can puree the soups if they
have any chunks as well! I love LOVE LOVE tortilla soup (no tortillas) It's
so delicious! Lok for a recipe online! It's my family favorite lately! But
you really can make some really fast and easy as well as healthy and lean
soups starting with a basic broth or stock either homemade as I do with the
chicken carcass or in a box or can of stock (Beef, chicken or veggie )
makes GREAT soups!
— .Anita R.
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