Best Diet Cabbage Soup

melewen's Note:

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!

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 12

Yield: 1.0 huge pot

• 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:

1. Throw EVERYTHING into a big pot!
2. 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.
3. Bring everything to a boil, then slightly turn down the heat so the soup boils gently for about ten minutes.
4. Cover and simmer until all the vegetables are soft. Season to taste.

Reviews

[Wendy 88]

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!

[Chef #967912]

excellentsoup idea. will try

[ladyfingers]

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.