Split Pea Soup with Carrots

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Ingredients:

  • 4 cups water
  • 3/4 cup dry green split peas
  • 3/4 cup chopped carrots
  • 1/4 cup chopped onion
  • 1/4 tsp dried thyme leaves
  • Pinch of cayenne pepper
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • 1 large fresh tomato chopped

Directions:

  1. Place water, peas, carrots, onion, thyme and cayenne pepper in a large pot. Bring to a boil.
  2. Reduce heat and simmer for 1 hour or until peas are tender.
  3. Transfer to a blender or food processor and puree
  4. Return to pot and warm through. Stir in lemon juice.
  5. Serve garnished with chopped tomatoes.

Source: 500 Fat Free Recipes

Servings: 4 (2 cups each)

Nutrition info:

  • Calories: 64
  • Fat: 0.3g
  • Protein: 3g
  • Carbs: 12g
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Pear Soup

Posted by: admin  :  Category: Low Calories, Low Fat, Soup, Vegetarian

Ingredients:

  • 4 large pears peeled, cored and sliced
  • 1/2 tsp grated orange peel
  • 2 tbs lime juice
  • 1/4 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 2 tbs maple syrup
  • 2 cups nonfat butter milk

Directions:

  1. Place pears, orange peel and lime juice in a food processor or blender and puree until smooth.
  2. Pass the puree through a fine sieve, pushing down on solids to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard solids.
  3. Add ginger, nutmeg, maple syrup and buttermilk. Chill for 4 hours.

Source: 500 Fat Free Recipes

Nutrition Info:

  • Calories: 114
  • Fat: 0.5g
  • cholesterol: 1.7 mg
  • Protein: 3g
  • Carbs: 26g
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Blueberry-Orange Soup

Posted by: admin  :  Category: Fruit, Low Calories, Low Fat, Soup

Try this Cold soup for the hot summer weather.

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
  • 1 cup skim milk
  • 1/3 cup orange juice
  • 1/3 cup non-fat plain yogurt
  • 2 tbs brown sugar, firmly packed

Directions:

  1. Combine 2 1/2 cups of the blueberries, milk, orange juice, yogurt and brown sugar in a food processor or blender. Process until smooth.
  2. Pour soup into a large bowl and add remaining 1/2 cup of blueberries. Chill for 4 hours.

Source: 500 Fat Free Recipes

Servings: 4 (1 cup each)

Nutrition Info:

  • Calories: 128
  • Fat: 0.6g
  • cholesterol: 1.3 mg
  • Protein: 4g
  • Carbs: 28g
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