Looking to shed some of your holiday weight? This quick and easy winter diet Soup recipe is healthy, flavorful, and budget friendly.

Am I the only one that ate a few too many goodies during the holidays? This week I finally admitted to myself that the 7 or so pounds I put on during the month of December isn’t going to just melt away on it’s own like it did when I was in my 20’s and decided it was time to whip up a batch of my famous Winter Diet Soup.

I’m not normally one for dieting but this week I was definitely looking for something to help me drop a few holiday pounds relatively quickly.

The great thing about this soup–besides the fact that it is super yummy–is that it makes a HUGE batch, enough to last about a week. I love that I can just make it one day and then not have to think about it the rest of the week, because my biggest problem is that I make poor food choices when I’m busy because I’ll often just grab what is the quickest and easiest. It doesn’t get any quicker or easier then heating up some soup!

Quick and Easy Diet Soup

Assemble your ingredients for the winter diet soup: bok choy, kale, cabbage, olive oil, vegetable stock, tomatoes, yellow onions, garlic, salt, pepper, carrots, potatoes and french onion mix.

Here is what you need:

4 tomatoes, cut into large chunks
olive oil
2 small onions, chopped 
1 bunch bok choy, chopped (including greens)
1/2 a head cabbage, chopped
4-5 carrots, sliced
1 bunch kale, stems removed and chopped
2-3 cloves garlic, chopped
8 cups vegetable broth
3 medium gold potatoes, chopped 
1 packet onion soup mix (optional)
 salt & pepper to taste
 
Arrange chopped tomatoes on foil lined pan with with olive oil and salt and pepper.

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Arrange tomatoes on foil lined pan brushed with olive oil. Brush tops of tomatoes with olive oil, then sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast for 30 minutes.

Add chopped yellow onions to a large soup pot and sauté until lightly golden.

2. Heat a few tablespoons of olive oil in the bottom of an extra large stock or soup pot over medium high heat. Add onions and sauté until lightly golden and tender, about 5 minutes.

Add all other vegetables to the soup pot and mix ensuring all ingredients are coated with olive oil.

3. Reduce heat to medium and begin adding additional vegetables, a little at a time, stirring well to ensure all the vegetables get coated in the oil.

Add in broth and potatoes to soup pot and stir well.

4. Add broth and potatoes, stirring well, the add onion soup mix, salt, & pepper to taste. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low, cover, & let simmer for at least an hour. Store in refrigerator. Soup keeps nicely for at least a week.

Serve finished winter diet soup with crunchy crackers on the side.

Winter Diet Soup

This super yummy soup combines a ton of great vegetables and can also help you lose some of those extra holiday pounds.
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Keyword Winter Diet Soup
Prep Time 7 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 42 minutes
Servings 16 people

Ingredients

  • 4 tomatoes cut into large chunks
  • olive oil
  • 2 small onions chopped
  • 1 bunch bok choy chopped (including greens)
  • 1/2 a head cabbage chopped
  • 4-5 carrots sliced
  • 1 bunch kale stems removed and chopped
  • 2-3 cloves garlic chopped
  • 8 cups vegetable broth
  • 3 medium gold potatoes chopped
  • 1 packet onion soup mix optional
  • salt & pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 400 degrees.  Arrange tomatoes on foil lined pan brushed with olive oil.  

  2. Brush tops of tomatoes with olive oil, then sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast for 30 minutes.

  3. Heat a few tablespoons of olive oil in the bottom of an extra large stock or soup pot over medium high heat. Add onions and sauté until lightly golden and tender, about 5 minutes.
  4. Reduce heat to medium and begin adding additional vegetables,a little at a time, stirring well to ensure all the vegetables get coated in the oil.
  5. Add broth and potatoes, stirring well, the add onion soup mix, salt, & pepper to taste.  Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low, cover, & let simmer for at least an hour. 

  6. Serve and enjoy!

Recipe Notes

Store cooked soup in the refrigerator. Soup keeps nicely for at least a week.

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Am I the only one that ate a few too many goodies during the holidays? No? Then maybe you will enjoy my famous Winter Diet Soup recipe. It's healthy, flavorful, and will help you shed some holiday pounds. Just one batch can last a whole week, so it's budget friendly too!

 

Ruth Soukup
Ruth Soukup is dedicated to helping people everywhere create a life they love by follwing their dreams and achieving their biggest goals. She is the host of the wildly popular Do It Scared podcast, as well as the founder of Living Well Spending Less® and Elite Blog Academy®. She is also the New York Times bestselling author of six books, including Do It Scared®: Finding the Courage to Face Your Fears, Overcome Obstacles, and Create a Life You Love, which was the inspiration for this book. She lives in Florida with her husband Chuck, and 2 daughters Maggie & Annie.
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