Instant soup in a cup

[hanadr]

I don't buy the commercial soup in a cup stuff. Firstly it's high in carbs for its food value and secondly, I hate the taste.
What I do is put 1 tablespoonful of Bovril [or Marmite] in a mug with a similar amount of tomato paste. Add boiling water and stir. let cool a minute ot two and delicious low carb soup with useful nutrients.
Hana

 

[cath99]

sounds ice will try this . have u anymore recipies of the soup kind xx

 

[Squire Fulwood]

I like the sound of this. I must give it a try.

 

[douglas99]

sounds ice will try this . have u anymore recipies of the soup kind xx

Very high sodium.
About half a gram, one serving is about 1/4 of the rda for a healthy person, and about 1/3 the rda if you're diabetic.
Tomato puree has a high sugar content, a similar sized serving could have 2 or 3 g of sugar in it.
Oddly enough, tomato puree is something I react badly to.

For comparison, Beef and tomato Cup a soup is half a gram of sodium per serving, with 16g carbs, of which 4g are sugar.
Oxtail is better, same sodium, but 13g carbs, and which 1.5g is sugar.

Soup was a favourite bedtime drink for me.

My dietician advised to give up the soup, and try something else instead.
Still looking :cry:

 

[tonyS54]

Thanks Hana I will be giving it a try :thumbup:

The puree I use contains 1g carbs 0g sugar per serving, even if it had 2 or 3 g of sugar I would not class that as high after all it's less than a teaspoon full which is not going to have big impact on BG

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calori ... ree-398949

 

[mrs gimli]

Me I drink oxo

 

[hanadr]

sounds ice will try this . have u anymore recipies of the soup kind xx

I make different kinds of soups.
Cauliflower is one of my favourites, but it needs a little cooking. takes maybe 1/2 an hour.
First break a cauliflower into florets and steam [20minutes or so] Can use any kind of steamer
finely dice an onion and fry in a little oil until "glassy". Butter has the best taste, but oil will do.
Add the cooked cauliflower to the onion and fry a little longer.
pour the steamer water over the cauli and onion. season to taste and add a little jellied chicken stock. [those stockpots do well]
cook until it tastes nice and then blend.
serve with a little cream on top.
practically carb free. Delicious!

 

[douglas99]

The knorr stockpots have 7.5g of carbs per pot. A lot of glucose syrup in them.
I don't use them for that reason.