Low-Sodium Cabbage Soup Diet Recipe All Fresh

"The Cabbage Diet Soup is a long time known great soup. However, recently, I have been trying to keep the sodium down in all my cooking to keep the blood pressure in check. When I looked at how much salt was in this recipe the way it was made, I realized that I could cut it down dramatically. But, would it taste as good??? (I think so...)"
 
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Ready In:
1hr 5mins
Ingredients:
15
Serves:
12
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ingredients

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directions

  • Blanch tomatoes by putting them in a pan with about half an inch of water in the bottom.
  • Cook over medium heat until skins split.
  • Place in a strainer and run under cold water, skin the tomatoes. and set aside.
  • Chop all the vegetables into bite sized pieces.
  • Sauté the onions, peppers, celery and carrots in your soup pot along with the spices (including the beef bouillon) until slightly soft.
  • Add cabbage and continue stirring until the cabbage wilts down.
  • Add mushrooms and zucchini, the blanched tomatoes, and the V8.
  • Cook on low for about 45 minutes.
  • If there is not enough liquid, you can either add more V8 or water if desired.

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  1. I am giving this 5 stars for flavor, but would rate it 3 stars for the actual written instructions. Given that there are so many ingredients, it helps to put them in order of usage. I had to keep going over the ingredients to make sure I had included everything and then some I couldn't find when they were supposed to be added. So, while I simmered the tomatoes, I sauteed the green onions, peppers, and carrot sin some olive oil. When it said to add the spices, I assumed that meant garlic and parsley with the bouillon? I also added a generous handful of Cajun seasoning. After adding the cabbage, mushrooms, zucchini, and V8, I realized the celery never went in, so I added it then. I also realized I didn't add the jalapeno peppers, which were probably included in step 4, so I added them then as well. I did end up adding some vegetable broth as it cooked because it needed a little more liquid for my tastes. The end result was very delicious! I love cabbage soup, and this one is one of the best. I actually had some watercress pesto in the freezer that I had made, and used that to top it off, but it really doesn't need anything. Thanks for sharing (now go rewrite the recipe - LOL). Made for Spring PAC 2012.
     
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Started washing dishes in restaurants (the Moose Lodge to be precise) at 13. Worked at a bunch of Long Island restaurants from 14 to 18, did salad prep, sous, breakfasts, line, short order and whatever role was open. Loved it, and kept cooking when I went into the Army at 18. By 22, stopped cooking for work, but still cook at home a lot. Now, I actually think I am a better cook than ever, and have even considered opening my own restaurant some day.
 
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