Soups are important first courses in dietary nutrition. There is no more gentle food for the stomach than carbohydrate-free soup with cabbage and tomatoes. Let's prepare it, enjoy the taste, replenish the body with vitamins and nutrients.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
Broccoli is both healthy and low in calories. There is especially a lot of vitamin C. However, some people are wary of this variety of cabbage and rarely buy it, because do not know what to cook from it. Although dishes where broccoli is the main or constituent ingredient, this is a real healing storehouse. Of the many delicious broccoli recipes, first courses take a special place. Such soups have a delicate taste and are easily absorbed by the body. They can be used by children and the elderly. Broccoli soup contains many nutrients that our body needs, such as proteins, fiber, carbohydrates, essential amino acids and a minimum of fat.
You can cook such soups in water or meat broth. To make the dish hearty, but at the same time dietary, use chicken broth or cook a chowder with meatballs. Today we will use the second method. Meatballs are small tender meat balls, the calorie content of which is very low, while the dish with them immediately becomes more satisfying and tasty. You can supplement the soup with a variety of products, depending on what result you want to get. For weight loss, take vegetables and herbs, if extra calories do not scare you, then cereals, pasta, rice are suitable.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 52 kcal.
- Servings - 4
- Cooking time - 30 minutes
Ingredients:
- Broccoli - 1-2 heads of cabbage (depending on size)
- Tomatoes - 3-5 pcs.
- Bay leaf - 2 pcs.
- Greens - any
- Minced meat (any sort) - 300 g
- Peppercorns - 3 pcs.
- Salt - 1 tsp no slide or to taste
- Garlic - 2 cloves
- Ground black pepper - a pinch
Step-by-step preparation of carbohydrate-free soup with cabbage and tomatoes:
1. Wash the tomatoes and cut into large slices. Do not grind very finely, otherwise they will boil in the soup and lose their shape. Season the minced meat with salt and ground pepper. Stir and beat. Take it in your hands and forcefully throw it back into the plate. This will soften the meat fibers and the meatballs will be very tender. Use your hands to form small round meatballs. They can be as cherry or walnut size. What size to choose is up to the hostess herself.
2. Wash broccoli and cut into florets. If the cabbage has been in the refrigerator for a long time and has time to wilted, immerse it in cold water for 15 minutes. It will acquire freshness and elasticity. In addition, this method will help get rid of midges that may be inside the buds. Put cabbage in a saucepan, add bay leaves and peppercorns. Fill it with water and place it on the stove. Boil and simmer, covered for 10 minutes.
3. Then dip the tomatoes into the saucepan.
4. Next add the meatballs. Please note that only put the meatballs in boiling water. Otherwise, they will be rubbery and tasteless.
5. Salt and pepper the soup and cook for 10 minutes. At the end of cooking, add herbs and serve the food to the table.
See also the video recipe on how to make fat-burning soup with broccoli and cauliflower.
