tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41441650750670987292024-02-20T05:48:22.320-08:00Weight Watchers Food Recipes - Points Garden Vegetable SoupBunty4uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15799339606033588151noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4144165075067098729.post-65672124737832728282008-07-30T02:37:00.000-07:002008-11-06T00:58:56.004-08:00Weight Watchers Food Recipes - Garden Vegetable Soup<title>Food Eating | Weight Watchers Food Recipes |Food</title><title></title>
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<br />Hands-on time: 20 minutes
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<br />Time to table: 1 1/4 hour
<br />Makes 9 cups
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<br />6 cups broth (today I used Light Vegetable Stock)
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<br />Cooking spray
<br />2 carrots, peeled and diced
<br />1 large onion, diced
<br />4 teaspoons garlic (from a jar or substitute four cloves minced garlic)
<br />1/2 cabbage, chopped (or use a bag of slaw, the biggest chunks you can find vs the fine, don't skip the cabbage for it somehow makes the soup)
<br />1/2 pound frozen green beans
<br />2 tablespoons tomato paste
<br />1 teaspoon dried basil
<br />1 teaspoon dried oregano
<br />1 teaspoon kosher salt
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<br />1 large zucchini, diced
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<br />Bring the broth to a boil in the microwave. (This is a time-saving tip that can be skipped if there's no hurry.)
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<br />Spray a Dutch oven with cooking spray and heat on MEDIUM HIGH. Add the carrots, onion and garlic and cook for about 5 minutes. Add all the remaining ingredients EXCEPT the zucchini and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce the heat to MEDIUM and simmer for about 15 minutes or until the beans are tender. Add the zucchini and cook until the zucchini are tender. Serve and enjoy!
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<br />NUTRITION ESTIMATE
<br />Per Cup: 61 Cal (3% from Fat, 24% from Protein, 73% from Carb); 4 g Protein; 0 g Tot Fat; 0 g Sat Fat; 13 g Carb; 3 g Fiber; NetCarb10; NetCarb10; 52 mg Calcium; 1 mg Iron; 701 mg Sodium; 0 mg Cholesterol; Weight Watchers ... hmmm ... 1 point
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<br />NUTRITION NOTES This soup is low-cal, low-carb, high-fiber and no-fat. But hmmm. What about the claim that it has no points in the Weight Watchers world? I suppose so, since all the ingredients are "free". But honestly, a calorie's a calorie and so I count every one of them whether from chocolate cake or fresh vegetables. In my book, this Garden Vegetable Soup counts as 1 point but is a definite one-point winner.
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