Healthy soup recipes to help keep the chill at bay
Love or hate the cold weather, it’s sure to make us want to eat delicious, warm and nourishing food that won’t cost the earth to prepare. Check out these gorgeous healthy soup recipes that Nutrition Rocks have got for you and why not get creative in the kitchen this week – it is widely believed that cooking relieves stress – perfect for that bout of S.A.D. you might feel creeping in….
Turkey, Bacon and Lentil Soup
Synonymous with Christmas, turkey is the ideal winter meat. It’s low fat, filling and packed with flavour if you treat it right, and perfect for this chunky, high protein soup.
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
400g can of chopped tomatoes
400g can of green lentils, drained
125g cooked turkey, cut into bite sized pieces
1 very small onion, finely chopped
4 rashers bacon, sliced
1 clove garlic, finely sliced
1 carrot, finely diced
1 stick celery, finely diced
1 tbsp oil
750ml vegetable stock
1 bay leaf
Crusty bread to serve
Method:
heat the oil in a large pan then add the onion and fry until soft
add the bacon and continue to fry for 3 minutes
next add the garlic, carrot and celery and fry for a further minute
add the tomatoes, vegetable stock, bay leaf and lentils and simmer for about 10 minutes
when the vegetables are cooked, discard the bay leaf and remove half the soup and liquidise to a smooth consistency
return the liquidised soup to the pan
stir in the cooked turkey and heat through, adjusting the consistency of the soup with more stock if necessary
Enjoy with crusty bread, guilt free! You can also use other types of lentils for this soup, such as red lentils.
Nutrition information, per serving
calories: 258
protein: 21.7g
carbohydrate: 19.4g
sugars: 6.0g
fat: 10.5g
saturated fat: 2.9g
fibre: 1.5g
sodium: 0.8g