Low carb tinned soup???

[Alisonjane10]

Hello folks
I haven't always got time to make all meals from scratch, as much as I'd like to. Does anyone know of a low carb tinned soup that I can eat when I need something hot and quick.
Ali. X

 

[Pasha]

Maybe be better to prepare enough for a few days and keep in the refrigerator. The canned stuff is generally **** anyway.

 

[Alisonjane10]

Maybe be better to prepare enough for a few days and keep in the refrigerator. The canned stuff is generally **** anyway.

You may have a point Pasha. Thanks.

 

[jack412]

as said, do a cook up and freeze off, a frittata freezes well too, I use deli cold meat as a base, ham or mortadella etc

 

[Simon84]

if ur desprate heinz chicken soup is lowest ive seen in shop,,,,tomato is bad

 

[Heathenlass]

Agreed. I remember a post on here a while ago ( sorry, I don't remember who it was ) who chose canned soup by the lowest carbs per 100g but had a humongous spike after eating it !

If you have a freezer, homemade soup fezzes really well, and can be nuked in the microwave for a quick meal. I tend to cook plenty and freeze in individual portions ( weighed and with the carb count written on the label ) for something quick and easy. It works out cheaper too !

Signy

 

[jack412]

if ur desprate heinz chicken soup is lowest ive seen in shop,,,,tomato is bad

for tomato soup.. I use a tin of crushed tomato or the jar of smooth pulp, water, cream and season to taste

 

[Simon84]

for tomato soup.. I use a tin of crushed tomato or the jar of smooth pulp, water, cream and season to taste

tastier than the tinned stuff 2 i bet!

 

[noblehead]

Depends on what you call low-carb soup, Aldi have some tinned soups that are around 15g of carbs per tin, just forget what flavour the soups are now but worth a look just the same.

Much like everyone has said, make a big pan full and freeze what you don't use.

 

[donnellysdogs]

M&S or Waitrose chilled soup for me. Currently on offer in both stores. Kept in freezer, just take out for starters when friends and family eat with us.
Waitrose french onion is yummy!!
Yes more expensive I guess than tinned (don't know tho) and they aren't loaded with potato starch or other stuff thats in tinned.
Sorry, I can't be assed with making soup of my own..too much effort when doing dinners for more than 2 people!

 

[Bluetit1802]

I like French Onion soup. The Baxters tins are about 15 carbs from memory and spike me right up. I now make my own and calculate 17 carbs per portion, but very little spike. It's not the amount of carbs that matters so much as the type of carbs that are in there.

 

[donnellysdogs]

Waitrose 13.8 per 1/2 pot which is a big pot!!!
Mines based on time to prepare for lots of people to be honest, not as a snack or light meal....
Must admit french onion
Is my favourite......

 

[Phlogiston]

Heinz tomato has added sugar. Grr.
I like soup made from whizzed up tinned tomatoes.

 

[Alisonjane10]

I like French Onion soup. The Baxters tins are about 15 carbs from memory and spike me right up. I now make my own and calculate 17 carbs per portion, but very little spike. It's not the amount of carbs that matters so much as the type of carbs that are in there.

Hi Bluetit1802
I am still learning, so may I ask you to explain what you mean by "the type of carbs in there." I know that when having a hypo, you follow up your initial intake of something sugary with complex carbs such as milk/sandwich/cereal bar. Is this what you mean? I thought I had a good understanding of carbs, but it would appear not.
Ali. X

 

[Alisonjane10]

as said, do a cook up and freeze off, a frittata freezes well too, I use deli cold meat as a base, ham or mortadella etc

Hi Jack412
I've never actually heard of a frittata. Nor Mortadella if I'm honest. But it looks delicious in that photograph. Could you share with me how you make it.
Thanks.
Ali. X

 

[Robinredbreast]

Hi Jack412
I've never actually heard of a frittata. Nor Mortadella if I'm honest. But it looks delicious in that photograph. Could you share with me how you make it.
Thanks.
Ali. X

It's like a huge big omelette, but with a lot more different ingredients in it, cook as an omelette, but you can't turn it over, so when the face down side is cooked through, pop the frying pan under the grill, if it's a plastic handle move it away from the heat and finish off the cooking . Delicious
ps I also make soup, either on the hob or in a slow cooker, I use what ever ingredients I have available and call it my
'Bungditin' soup, happy cooking

 

[jack412]

it's just a quiche or egg and bacon pie..without the wheat base
you cook up some low carb veg and anything else you have around the house. add a dozen beaten eggs and stir it a bit, you can stove top cook with a lid or oven bake.
the reason I use a processed sliced meat as a base is because I don't like the stove top 'burnt' egg bit on the bottom that everyone else loves.
individual ones in a muffin tin is good too

as robin said it's like a big omelet

 

[Alisonjane10]

Thanks RRB & Jack412. I'll give the frittatta a go. As for the bungditin soup...GREAT name. Guess I'll experiment with what I've got in the cupboard/fridge. Still trying to work out the "good carbs" ingredients. I take it that would mean no potatoes, root veg, lentils etc. And, is it ok to use a cube or boullion for the stock base?

 

[Robinredbreast]

Thanks RRB & Jack412. I'll give the frittatta a go. As for the bungditin soup...GREAT name. Guess I'll experiment with what I've got in the cupboard/fridge. Still trying to work out the "good carbs" ingredients. I take it that would mean no potatoes, root veg, lentils etc. And, is it ok to use a cube or boullion for the stock base?

Boullion is fine, or most veg based stock as it goes a long way. Or if you have some leftover chicken bones, you could cook these up for a chicken stock base. I do use some carrots, peppers, spinach, cabbage, onion, cauliflower, broccoli, green beans, whatever I have available. I'm sure you will enjoy it, as there's nothing better than a bowl of hot warming homemade soup.

 

[DamePeggy]

I have steadfastly avoided tinned soups since diagnosis - many cheaper ones are bulked out/thickened with potato starch and often contain "hidden" sugar so altogether not very healthy!

I tend to make batches and freeze in single-portion sizes - great for a quick weekend lunch with some grated cheese on top and a small slice of "good" bread.

Hmm...feeling hungry now...