Thomas Kelley - The Ultimate Soup Diet Cookbook

The Ultimate Soup Diet Cookbook

Over 50 Delicious Homemade Soup Recipes

Thomas Kelley

Introduction

Whenever you are searching for the ultimate comfort food, no food does it better than soup. Soup is one of the simplest and most basic food dishes that a person can make. On top of that anybody can make as much of it as they want to serve an unlimited number of people or to stock up on a delicious dish for a couple of days.

All that it takes to make soup is a flavorful amount of stock, some meat of your choice and a handful of vegetables. Then you season with a handful of your favorite spices and you are good to go. In no time your house will fill with the smell of your delicious soup and the promise of a warm and fulfilling meal in just a matter of minutes.

Warm and tasty soups are the perfect answer to any dinner question you have ever had. They are perfect for the cold winter nights or on a hot summers day. Regardless of when you want to enjoy a soup, you can with the right kind of recipes available to you.

In this book you will find just that. This book is packed full of over 50 of the most delicious homemade soup recipes and broth that you will find. It is also packed full of helpful cooking tips that you need to become the king of soups in your household.

So, lets get cooking!

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter One: The Beautiful History of Soup

Soup is without question as ancient as the history of creating meals. In situations when food was in short supply, dumping a variety of ingredients into a pot to warm up was not merely inexpensive, it was satisfying. It really is an uncomplicated process that is easily accessible to the rich as well as the poor alike, and its hassle-free components made it easy to consume for the both the hearty and ill. Every culture implemented its very own combination of ingredients from the French, to the English, The Americans and to the German. Regardless, the basics still remain the same.

The Very Beginning

In the very beginning of our history, human used to concoct what was once a delicious dish known as gruel and this dish is most likely where soup began. Gruel was often made by roasting certain cereal products and then grinding them into a thin paste which would be cooked late on. The word soup most likely derives from the term sop or sup which simply means the bread that is used to pour the gruel onto. However, before this word even came into the picture, the mixture was originally called a broth.

What is fascinating is that gruel is still considered a main staple in many popular cultures today, even though it is comprised of many starch filled foods such as beans, root veggies and chestnuts

Cooking the Soup

Cooking the soup in the time of our ancestors did have its advantages and disadvantages. For starters soups were made primarily because of their quick cooking time and the fact that they were able to fully cook the ingredients much better than gruel. Another advantage is that it gave our ancestors the chance to experience new flavors for the first time.

A third advantage, and probably considered one of the most important during the time of our ancestors was the fact that many of the ingredients used in soup recipes such as the bones of various meats were able to be used, meaning that no food items ever went to waste. By boiling the bones of animals it helps to bring a more natural flavor to the soup that you will not find anywhere else.

A final advantage to making soups in the time of our ancestors is the mere fact that many of the wild vegetation found during that time became easily consumable, regardless if they were considered edible or not. Boiling soup gave our ancestors the ability to boil away potentially hazardous poisons and nasty flavors, giving them more of an option when it came to preparing their foods of choice.

How Did Soup Affect Society?

There are many historians out there today that contribute the birth of soup to the birth of our modern day restaurants today, especially in Paris, France. There are many soups that made their first appearance in these ancient restaurants such as various broths and bouillons.

How Does Modern Day Soup Stand Against Ancient Soup

Over course over the years as with many other inventions today, soup has only been able to progress and evolve as time passes. It didnt take long for canned and dehydrated soups to come into the picture by the 18th century so that cowboys and soldiers could eat while they were traveling across the country on horseback. Now there are millions of soup recipes out there from low sodium, low fat, and low carb to vegan. Whatever kind of soup you are looking for, I guarantee that you can find it.

Chapter Two: The Benefits of Enjoying Homemade Soups

While we all know how enticing the smell of homemade soup is, many people are intimidated just by the thought of making their own soup. Many people are unaware that making your own soup from the comfort of your own home is one of the easiest things that you can do. It is not true that making your own soup will take up countless hours of your time or that you need to invest a lot of money in the latest kitchen ware equipment to help you along with making homemade soup recipes. In fact, making soups from the comfort of your own home does not even require a lot of culinary know how.

Even if you do not know how to make soup, surely you must know the benefits of preparing and eating soups. No? Well in this chapter you will learn what the health benefits of preparing and eating soups are so you can understand what you can do for you and your family to reap these benefits for yourself.

Soups are one of the quickest and hottest meals that you can prepare. Other than the fact that you can make a variety of different soup recipes whether that is in a slow cooker or on a traditional stove top, you have the ability to make the healthiest soup recipes possible.

1. Plenty of Veggies

Did you know that the American Heart Association recommends that nearly every adult on the planet should be consuming at least 8 or more servings of fresh vegetables and fruits a day? Well, if not now you do. To give you a general idea of how many servings that is, it is equal to about 4 cups of fruit and veggies that you need to consume each and every day.

If that may seem like a lot the truth of the matter is that you can easily get your total helping of veggies and fruit everyday by making and consuming soups. Almost any kind of vegetable that you can think of can be used in virtually any soup recipe, whether you are making a tasty tomato bisque or whether you are making a classic chicken soup.

When you prepare your soups simply make sure that you add either fresh or frozen vegetables to increase the amount of veggies that you consume every day. These ingredients will also help to add more flavor to your soup recipes.

2. Get the Important Nutrients That You Need

When you prepare soup recipes that incorporate beans or lean meats such as fish, beef or chicken, you are adding to the amount of protein and fiber you need to consume on a daily basis to sustain your body as well as enhance the health of your digestive system.

When you prepare soup recipes that incorporate fresh tomatoes, you are adding a healthy source of antioxidants which can help reduce the chance of developing harmful illnesses such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes.