Weight Loss Surgery Cookbook

Chapter 16

Sumptuous Soups and Stews

In This Chapter

▶ Souping up your protein

▶ Stewing up hearty, healthy meals

W

hen you want a comforting meal, a cup

of hot soup or stew really hits the spot.

It warms you up from the top of your head to the

tips of your toes. They’re easy to make, and when

you prepare them yourself, you can control the

ingredients to make sure you get enough nutrients.

Salad and soup combinations are endless and

can please everyone. Making them is a cinch and

doesn’t require a whole lot of cooking skills. If you can chop, you can make

salads and soups. Pair any of the soup or stew recipes in this chapter with a

salad for an easy, satisfying meal.

Serving Up Satisfying Soups

We’re believers in homemade soup, which allows you to control the ingredients.

In the case of commercially prepared soups, not all soups are created equal.

Canned soups are high in sodium unless you buy the low-sodium versions.

We use low-sodium broth in our recipes, so you can rest assured these soups

have less sodium than most canned. Some soups, both canned and prepacked

in the deli section of the supermarket, are high in fat. If you had GBP surgery,

some of them have enough fat to give you dumping syndrome. If you had

AGB, you still want to avoid these soups because the fat makes them very

high in calories.

Soups aren’t usually a great source of protein unless you choose bean or

lentil soups. We put more meat in our soup recipes than you find in the soups

at the store, because if the soup is your meal, you need to get in your protein!

Recipes in

This Chapter

▶ Cheesy Hamburger

Steak Soup

Mexi Turkey Tortilla Soup

Soup

Chunky Chicken Noodle Soup

Soup

Pork and Sauerkraut Soup

Soup

▶ Tomato Bisque

Smoky Chicken Stew

Meaty Lentil Stew

Chef Dave’s Easy Savory Chili

Chili