I like making soup but we need now to go VLC. Could you suggest very low carb soup recipes/ideas for me please - what's good and what's definitely not ?
This is one I used to make- I called it “mock pea & ham”
2 - 3 full heads of celery rough chopped
smoked ham hock, it needs to be smoked to give it that pea & ham flavour but I’m sure ordinary ham hock will do
Cook the ham hock in water until it begins to fall off the bone, remove hock from pan then add celery and simmer until soft, remove some of the stock once it’s cooked if there’s too much and it looks watery. It’s best to leave just enough stock covering the cooked celery. Blend until smooth, shred the ham hock and add to the celery. That’s it
Broccoli & Stilton soup
About 3 heads of broccoli including the stalks roughly chopped, chicken stock just enough to cover the broccoli & a little bit more, cook broccoli until it’s falling then gently blend the lot, I prefer to use a masher as I still like a bit of texture in it, then crumble in Stilton cheese whilst it’s still warm stirring it so the cheese doesn’t clump as it melts
Very simple cauliflower soup.
Dice and fry a small onion, add a couple of chopped up cauliflower and enough chicken or vegetable stock to cover, cook until soft, blend and finish with cream. Some chopped up crispy bacon and a blob of fresh cream on top when you serve it is nice.
You can do the same with celeriac which is also very nice
Also google 5 day soup diet by “I breathe I’m hungry” that has an amazing chicken soup that is so full of good stuff,