Weight Loss Soup
Description
The soup is simple and quick to prepare. From personal experience, I know you shouldn't force yourself to eat something you don't like just because it's healthy. If you love meatballs, stews, and cutlets, there's no point in going on a diet. You'll last a week, two weeks, maybe a month—but sooner or later, you'll give in, because you'll keep dreaming about meatballs. To lose weight, you first need to FALL IN LOVE with healthy, diet food. You need to realize it tastes much better than meatballs. You need to love it, and stop loving meatballs. Then psychologically, it will be easier for you. You'll be eating what you truly enjoy, improving your body and your health, and feeling great. Especially since diet dishes can actually be delicious :) For example, this weight-loss diet soup. Yes, it contains no meat, absolutely no fat, and not even salt. Someone might say—yuck, what a tasteless mess. Guys, actually, it's the greasy, overly salty meat soups that are the tasteless mess :) They have no real flavor—just fat and salt. And that's what you're eating. A vegetable diet soup, on the other hand, is a true rainbow of flavors. Without salt, fat, or anything else dulling your senses, you can clearly taste each ingredient—the tomatoes, the celery, the dill, the peppers... It's pure beauty :) But please, I beg you, don't ruin this soup's taste with bouillon cubes. Yes, maybe you won't "get" this soup the first time. Or even the second time. But gradually, you'll wean yourself off greasy meat soups and heavy dishes altogether. And in half a year, you'll be telling your friends about the magic of diet soups just like I'm doing now :) Well, he who has ears, let him hear. Enough preaching—here's how to make it. The soup is ready to serve.
Instructions
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Step 1
The ingredients include exclusively vegetables.
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Step 2
Cut the onion and garlic into small cubes, and finely grate the carrot on a grater or slice into thin strips.
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Step 3
Thinly slice the fresh cabbage.
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Step 4
We clean the bell peppers and cut them into small cubes.
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Step 5
Wash the tomatoes and cut them into small cubes. It's better to use firmer tomatoes—they won't fall apart or turn into mush during cooking.
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Step 6
Transfer all the prepared vegetables to a pot, add finely chopped celery stalk, dill, and bay leaf. Pour in water (the amount of water is up to you, depending on whether you prefer a thick or thin soup). Place on the stove over heat.
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Step 7
Bring the soup to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer uncovered for another 30 minutes. About 15-20 minutes before the end of cooking, add ground red chili pepper to the soup—it improves digestion and thus helps with weight loss.
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Step 8
Serve hot. ;)