Vegetable soup

The question "What would it be to eat to lose weight?" Excites the heart of every woman. With the approach of summer, the problem of excess weight is becoming more urgent, and dishes from vegetables are becoming more popular. Honoredly popular vegetable soups. The first dishes are generally more useful for digestion and shape than the latter. For example, vegetable diet soup contains few calories, is absolutely indispensable for medical and vegetarian nutrition, for slimming women, and for a lean menu. So, let's look at some options for making soup.

Vegetable soup puree

The beauty of this dish is that it can combine different types of vegetables. Ingredients that will be needed to make vegetable soup: 700-800 ml of water, 200 grams of potatoes, several stalks of celery (three to four), 400 grams of squash, 400 grams of cauliflower inflorescence, a little boiled meat or chicken breast , Medium-sized bulb, medium-sized carrots, vegetable oil for frying, salt, pepper, fresh or dried herbs, spices to taste.

We prepare as follows. A large pot of 2 liters is filled with hot water and put on fire. In the water we put the potatoes, previously cleaned and cut into large pieces. Then you need to cut the celery. Cleaned zucchini with rings; Cauliflower must be disassembled on the inflorescence. After that, all the vegetables are placed in a pan, and it is not necessary that the water covers all the vegetables, because they are cooked and steamed. Then cover the pan with a lid and put on medium fire until all vegetables are ready (about twenty-five minutes). While cooking vegetables, carrots need to be cut into cubes, chop the onions, then refuel with frying vegetable oil.

If you want to "dilute" vegetable soup with meat or chicken, they must be boiled and chopped. Cooked vegetables are crushed with a wooden tolkushkoy, previously draining the broth in a separate container. In mashed potatoes add the fried dressing and chopped boiled meat. Then we dilute the puree with a small amount of vegetable broth to achieve the desired consistency. It remains a little: salt, pepper, perhaps, add other spices. Then we put the vegetable soup on the fire, wait for it to boil, remove it from the plate and let it brew for a couple of minutes. All! Our dish is ready. Serve on a table with fresh herbs and a slice of butter.

Vegetable soup

This dish should be prepared shortly before consumption, because during storage from it vitamins quickly disappear. Vegetables for this soup should be cut very finely; It is best served with sour cream or olive oil. It can be served with pies or croutons, served with half an egg or grated cheese. List of ingredients needed for cooking vegetable soup: one and a half liters of water, five or six potato tubers of medium size, 3-4 cabbage leaves, 1 onion leek, medium-sized carrots, parsley root, half of celery root, butter for frying, two Or three tablespoons of sour cream, salt, bay leaves, fresh greens. First, you must thoroughly clean and wash the vegetables. Pour the pot of water on the fire. Carrot, onion and parsley root finely chop and fry in butter. Potato tubers cut into slices, cabbage finely chopped; Vegetables to send in a pan and bring to a boil. Cook all together in ten to fifteen minutes. Then put the dressing and the bay leaf in a saucepan and add salt. Tread on low heat for a small amount of time (five minutes is enough). The soup is ready! You can serve it with sour cream and fresh herbs. It will become even more delicious if you add a little grated cheese to the plates.

Bon Appetit.