Worrying about their figure and wanting to get a wasp waist, many begin to think about whether they can eat soup. But in the pursuit of ideal forms, the majority forgets about the principles of proper nutrition, about the need to maintain a balance of nutrients. Whatever your diet, you should not give up soup. Of course, if you are losing weight, then fatty meat broths are not for you, but a light vegetable soup will be most welcome. Do not worry about the calorie content of a decoction of vegetables, you can afford it even with the strictest diet.
But if you also want a delicious first course, then make yourself
mushroom soup. Its calorie content is low; you can safely eat such a dish at lunch. True, you should not add animal or
vegetable fats, pasta, various cereals to it or make frying. This all makes the dish more nutritious, but the number of kilocalories in each serving increases significantly.
If you want the calorie content of mushroom soup to be minimal, then you need to cook it as follows. Take the mushrooms, on the basis of which you will cook the broth. They can be both dried and fresh. A good soup can be prepared from any variety: champignons, oyster mushrooms, chanterelles, porcini mushrooms and many others are suitable. If you took dried ones, do not forget to pre-soak them in cold water. Let them stand for at least 15 minutes. After that, put the mushrooms in a pan and boil, strain the resulting broth. Do not be afraid to use it for further preparation, the calorie content of mushroom soup on it will not be higher than 20-30 kcal, its nutritional value will depend only on the vegetables used. The calculation is per 100 grams of the finished product, on the basis of this, you can adjust the portion size yourself. And if we talk about the caloric content of such a broth, then it is not much higher than the nutritional value of ordinary unsweetened tea and is 3 kcal per 100 g.
For further cooking, use the resulting strained broth of mushrooms. Add potatoes, carrots, green beans, and onions to it. Do not worry, the calorie content of mushroom soup with potatoes will not exceed 40 kcal, even if you make a rich rich
vegetable broth.If you do not like onions, then you can not add it. If you want, put a whole small onion in a pan and catch it at the end of cooking. It will add an interesting flavor to the soup, but you don’t have to eat it. In addition to the above vegetables, you can add a tomato, pre-boiled cauliflower, peas and greens, the calorie content of mushroom soup because of them will not change significantly.
If only you are on a diet, and your family wants to eat fully, then do not force them to eat your broth. Pour the right amount of soup for yourself, and from the remaining pour out almost all the liquid and pour the vegetables with a small amount of broth into a blender. It will be nice if you make the separation during the cooking process. Potato, onions, carrots and, of course, mushrooms will be quite enough in the soup for households. Leave the remaining vegetables in your broth.
Using a blender, you can prepare excellent soup puree for your family members, do not forget to season it with fat cream or butter, decorate with crackers on top. This will significantly increase the calorie content of mushroom soup and give it an interesting flavor. And you can feed yourself a delicious diet dish, and the rest of the family - a hearty soup puree.