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Paul Simon may have sung, “Kodachrome, it gives us those nice bright colors. Gives us the greens of summers. Makes you think all the world’s a sunny day, oh yeah!” But I think red is the color of summer, at least when it comes to these two low calorie, refreshing summer soups. Both are low [...]
I’m having a get together next week and have decided to turn it into a “soup and salad” party. While doing my online research, I found out that soup is an excellent food for anyone trying to lose weight or eat more healthfully. Here are a few reasons why: 1. Eating soup helps cut your [...]
Butternut squash, how I love thee! This recipe came from Chef Rossi at Bust magazine. I’ve made it twice and it’s fantastic. And according to Weight Watchers, it only has 2 POINTS per cup. Butternut Squash Soup Ingredients: four onions – either white or yellow three med/large butternut squash seasonings: salt, pepper, cumin, corriander, curry, [...]
Yes, I’m still on my soup kick. After coming down with what my doctor thought was whooping cough for a month, it was so comforting to have soup to eat. It helped my recovery and at one point I was making two or three batches at a time. This recipe comes from Cholesterol Down: Ten [...]
Vegetable soups are powerful food this time of year. Not only do they warm you up on cold winter days, but they provide nutritional wallop – a great defense against viruses. And if you do get a cold or flu? Soup will always make you feel better. Make a double batch and keep half in [...]
I was eating soup at a restaurant the other day and realized what I thought was rice was barley, which was much more healthier and higher in fiber. I should use it more often. This recipe from Sunset magazine’s January 2007 article on Soup Socials is a good start. It combines a classic split pea [...]
The wonderful thing about soup is how good it makes you feel on winter days. It’s a wonderful dish if you’re sick or just tired and cold from shoveling the driveway. And it’s terrific for entertaining, too. In their January 2007 issue, Sunset magazine did a feature on the Soup Social. You can make the [...]
Here’s another inspired vegetarian soup from the January 2007 issue of Cooking Light magazine. Since the soup is very low in fat and high in fiber, it’s only 4 Weight Watchers Points per serving! Try it with a whole wheat pita and a carton of plain yogurt. I found red dal at a local Asian [...]
The January issue of Cooking Light magazine had some terrific vegetarian soups. The Carrot and Sweet Potato Soup is very low in Weight Watchers Points – about 3 Points per serving! This should give you plenty of room for a salad, some bread sticks, and maybe a glass of wine. You may want to double [...]
These days it’s rare that I get a chance to watch Food Network. But I had a chance to check out some of the shows today with some wonderful recipes for Easter. (For more Easter ideas from Food Network, click here.) First on Everyday Italian, there were two fantastic and easy recipes for lentil soup [...]
Happy Birthday to Big Bad Dad! I’m making him one of his favorite soups, Maryland style cream of crab soup. We fell in love with this soup when we visited my sister in Maryland several years ago for her wedding. It’s especially wonderful due to the sherry. Crab and cream is great, but it’s the [...]
I love it when my readers write in with a request or a recipe. This soup sounds particularly delicious and super healthy. I’ll have to make it soon! Mother Hester writes: Here’s a recipe for roasted red pepper soup that I keep on hand and make almost every week as I take my lunch to [...]
Here’s a recipe that a woman passed out at my Weight Watchers meeting last Saturday. It’s delicious and oh so healthy. Everyone in your family should enjoy this taco soup though it’s so thick I’d call it a taco stew. Taco Soup (1 cup = 4 Weight Watchers POINTS) Brown 1 lb. very lean chopped meat [...]
How dare you think I’d leave my fellow Weight Watchers in a lurch on Super Bowl Sunday! Below is a Weight Watchers recipe for New England clam chowder. They managed to get the usual recipe down from 8 points to 5 per 1 1/2 cup serving by using no-fat milk instead of cream and turkey [...]
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