Starting to Droop? Reach for the SOUP!!
More lunch ideas:
After sandwiches and other finger food, an A+ lunch idea is soup. I only recently have started loving soup. (I mean in the past 5 years). There is so many to choose from!
One thing about canned soups: I can’t remember a time when I’ve eaten soup from a can. I think it’s overpriced, and most brands pack too much sodium. My husband however keeps his locker at work stocked with canned soups. And if you check labels, I’m sure you can find some healthy soups. If you have a good, healthy one, they are shelf stable, and quick in a pinch. I’m just not willing to pay $2-3 for a fifty cents worth of food. And most soups aren’t that tough to make.
Dr. Fuhrman, my favorite nutrition doctor, makes a huge pot of vegetable soup every weekend, and his family eats it all week. He doesn’t chop some vegetables; like onions, zucchini and leeks so he can pull them out easily to puree. He calls it his Anti-Cancer Soup! Its definitely a winner.
Because of my love for creamy things, I usually puree a few vegetables to make the broth creamier.
PS, For the recipes, my pictures are links! Share your links to your favorite soups.
Posted: December 16th, 2009 under Lunch.
Comments
Comment from Janine
Time December 16, 2009 at 8:38 am
Love the idea of pureeing veggies to make it thicker. Can’t believe I didn’t think of that myself! Also, it would help me disguise a few things that they don’t know I am putting in there!
Comment from angee
Time December 16, 2009 at 9:12 am
Mmm… Soup! We love soup on a cold day with homemade bread or Rhodes rolls… We make it once or twice a week. I love experimenting with recipes. Here are links to 2 of our favorites (besides homemade chicken noodle):
Cheesy Baked Potato Soup: http://yummygoodnessrecipes.blogspot.com/2009/12/cheesy-baked-potato-soup.html
Autumn Soup (especially good with veggies straight from the garden!): http://yummygoodnessrecipes.blogspot.com/2009/04/autumn-soup.html
Comment from Amy
Time December 17, 2009 at 6:41 am
Cathy: My kids probably wouldn’t eat soup either, except I let them eat the whole thing with a roll, chips, or saltines. They are using less and less of these though, which was my goal.
Janine, carrots, onions, and a few potatoes work great.
Angee- thanks for the links.
Comment from Char
Time December 20, 2009 at 10:32 am
I love soup and could eat it everyday in the winter. My favorite is veggie or butternut squash soup, or maybe its black bean, or baked potato soup. Yikes – I can’t decide! Here is my favorite soup round up post: http://raisingahealthyfamily.com/warm-your-body-and-soul-with-soup/
BTW – Love your site!
Comment from cathy
Time December 16, 2009 at 8:03 am
I hate to say it, but my kids are not huge soup fans. (Surprising, no?) But they do LOVE soups like corn or clam chowder, potato soup, and tortellini soup. I use skim milk or evaporated milk to lighten up my chowders. I generally make most of my soups (and my kids generally snub their noses to most of them), but my canned exceptions are clam chowder (because I don’t do clams) and tomato soup (my comfort food). Maybe I’ll get around to trying to make my own tomato soup one day!
Great ideas as always!