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weight watchers zero point vegetable soup

Weight Watchers Vegetable Soup Recipe

An original weight watchers vegetable soup recipe. A flavourful Weight watchers zero point garden vegetable soup recipe to lose weight or go back on a healthy diet track in the new year.
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Course: Appetizer, Snack, Soup
Cuisine: American, continental
Keyword: Low calorie soup, soup, Weight Watchers, Zero point, Zero point Soup
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 3
Calories: 66kcal
Author: Rekha Kakkar

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 3 cups Vegetable broth reduced sodium
  • ¼ inch Ginger Thai ginger
  • 2 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 1 cup cabbage chopped
  • ½ onion chopped
  • ½ cup celery
  • 1 cup carrot chopped
  • ½ cup green beans
  • ½ cup zucchini chopped
  • 1 teaspoon basil chopped
  • 1 teaspoon oregano dried
  • 1 teaspoon parsley dried
  • ½ teaspoon red chilli optional
  • salt & pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Take a dutch oven or a thick bottomed saucepan and spray it with cooking oil spray.
  • Once the pot is hot, bring the heat to medium and add onions, celery, carrots, zucchini, green beans and saute for 3-4 minutes.
  • Add in salt, red chilli powder or cayenne pepper powder, black pepper powder, chopped basil, oregano and parsley along with tomato paste.
  • Add vegetable broth or homemade vegetable stock.
  • Stir everything well and add chopped cabbage.
  • Cover with a tight fitting lid and cook for 10-15 minutes on low heat.
  • Enjoy the soup hot or warm.

How to make the cabbage weight watchers soup in an instant pot?

  • Spray the inner pot of Instant Pot with cooking oil spray.
  • Start the IP on saute mode and add onions, celery, carrots, zucchini, green beans and saute for 3-4 minutes.
  • Add in salt, red chilli powder or cayenne pepper powder, black pepper powder, chopped basil, oregano and parsley along with tomato paste.
  • Add vegetable broth or homemade vegetable stock.
  • Stir everything well and add chopped cabbage.
  • Cover with an IP lid and set the mode on low pressure for 4 minutes. Make sure that the pressure valve is in the sealing position.
  • After this allow the pressure to release naturally for 5 minutes and then force release the pressure.
  • After the pressure is released completely, open the pressure cooker and enjoy the soup hot or warm.

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Notes

  • If you prefer thicker soup you can puree it completely and enjoy. Or puree half the amount and add back the rest of the soup with chunky vegetables.
  • Some people claim that this soup is the key to their weight reduction success. It's a delicious afternoon snack or dinner appetiser whenever you feel hungry.
  • You can make this vegetable soup in a variety of ways. Add or remove vegetables to suit your preferences.
  • One can use frozen veggies instead of fresh ones to save time but the texture will be different slightly. Frozen vegetables require less cooking time so reduce the cooking time to half.
  • You may also buy modest quantities of pre-cut veggies at the salad bar at your store.

Nutrition

Calories: 66kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 1075mg | Potassium: 461mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 8082IU | Vitamin C: 23mg | Calcium: 59mg | Iron: 1mg