Best Diet Cabbage Soup

Name: Best Diet Cabbage Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 1 huge pot, 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 28 ounces crushed tomatoes; 1 head cabbage, chopped; 1 bunch green onion, sliced; 2 (4 ounce) cans sliced mushrooms, undrained; 1 (16 ounce) bag frozen okra, sliced; 1 (8 ounce) box frozen chopped spinach; 4 garlic cloves, chopped; 3 beef bouillon cubes (use vegetable to make it vegetarian or vegan); 1 (2 ounce) box Lipton Onion Soup Mix (that's 2 envelopes); 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 1 tablespoon basil, chopped

Submitted by melewen

"I've tried a bunch of different diet cabbage soup recipes, and this one is really just an excellent variation on a theme. I think the flavors come together nicely, and are interesting enough that you won't get sick of it after one bowl! I made this on a whim one day, and didn't even have to leave the house to get any of the ingredients (We have a weird, but well-stocked pantry!). I guess that sort of makes it a "kitchen sink" type soup, but it's still in that all-you-can-eat category, and so delicious!"

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Ready In:: 40mins
Ingredients:: 11
Yields:: 1 huge pot
Serves:: 12

ingredients

28 ounces crushed tomatoes
1 head cabbage, chopped
1 bunch green onion, sliced
2 (4 ounce) cans sliced mushrooms, undrained
1 (16 ounce) bag frozen okra, sliced
1 (8 ounce) box frozen chopped spinach
4 garlic cloves, chopped
3 beef bouillon cubes (use vegetable to make it vegetarian or vegan)
1 (2 ounce) box Lipton Onion Soup Mix (that's 2 envelopes)
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon basil, chopped

directions

Throw EVERYTHING into a big pot!
Cover everything with water and place on the stove. You want the water to be just covering all the vegetables by a half inch or so, unless you want it really soupy--then add more water.
Bring everything to a boil, then slightly turn down the heat so the soup boils gently for about ten minutes.
Cover and simmer until all the vegetables are soft. Season to taste.

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Reviews

This is a really good recipe....my favorite of all the diet soups I've tried. The thing I changed was to add some V8 juice. Just adding water to cover the vegetables seemed too watery. I would highly recommend this to anyone wanting to cut back on some calories!

Wendy 88
excellentsoup idea. will try

cliffeco
Like Melewen, I also had all the ingredients on hand--bet you do too. It's easy to halve or omit/add ingredients to personal taste. The okra & spinach provide nice color contrast and the cayenne pepper adds just the right amount of heat. After a hard day outside, it was comforting to sit down to a bowl of this cabbage soup. Thanks for sharing.

ladyfingers

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melewen

tuscaloosa, AL

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