Creamless Spinach Soup

A good detox  recipe to try is called 

"Creamless Spinach Soup Recipe." 

It is a delicious and healthy detox diet recipe that

will indeed complement your detox diet. You can eat it as a

regular meal or as a snack.  Spinach is a good source of iron,

calcium, and other vitamins, as well as high in fiber, which is

exactly what your body needs for detoxification.   

 

 You will need the following ingredients:  

2 tablespoon of extra virgin oil (olive or coconut)  

1 teaspoon garlic chopped  

1 cup medium diced onion  

1 cup medium diced carrots  

1 cup medium diced celery 

1 cup medium diced leek  

6 cups water  

2 bay leaves  

Spring of thyme  

2 pounds of chopped spinach.   

 

First you saute the garlic for about 2 minutes in your choice

of virgin oil.  Continue to sauté while adding the onion,

celery, leeks, and carrots.  Cook until onions are done. You'll

know when the onions are cooked because they turn translucent. 

Then pour in the water and add bay leaves and thyme.  Once

everything has come to a boil then simmer for an hour.  Remove

from fire and set to cool for about an hour. After mixture has

cooled you remove the bay leaves and thyme.   

 

Next, you puree the vegetables and the cooled broth in a

blender. Pour this mixture back into the pot and add spinach. 

Then cook over medium heat until the spinach wilts.  Then you

remove it at once so that you don't overcook the spinach. 

Overcooking vegetables diminishes the vitamins and minerals in

them. To have adequate amounts of vitamins and minerals in our

body we should eat a variety of fruits and vegetables every day.

Different kinds of fruits and vegetables have a different

vitamin and mineral content, and so as not to miss out on

several important nutrients we should more fruits and

vegetables.   

 

If you feel deprived of the junk foods while on your detox diet

then try preparing different kinds of vegetables recipes each

day. A variety of tastes can help with those cravings and be

satisfying so you stay away from the junk food. If optimum

health is your goal then detoxification can work for you.

Cabbage Soup Diet Explained

Cabbage is known for having weight loss stimulating properties,

by regulating the sugar and fat metabolism and is also rich in vitamin C,

 potassium and fiber. Fibers are indispensable to agood intestinal transit.

Peppers and tomatoes provide vitamins A & C as well aspotassium. Carrots provide vitamin A and beta carotene while celery provides fiber and potassium. Onions are also

 rich inpotassium, fiber and protein.

But we do not have to include all the ingredients to cook the cabbage soup diet,

 and may improve the taste by replacing tomatoes and / or peppers by zucchini.

Here is the Cabbage Soup Diet basic recipe:

1 white cabbage, chopped

2 sliced green peppers

1 kilo sliced carrots

6 large white onions, chopped

4 stalks celery

1 or 2 canned peeled tomatoes, chopped

1 or 2 teaspoon vegetable soup mix

Pepper, herbs to taste

Directions:

Putt all vegetables in a big pot and cover with water. Bring to

a boil until all the vegetables are soft. Do not add salt.

Eat as much soup as you like and as often as you want.

Maybe you think that cabbage soup is not appetizing... But

there are some ways to improve the taste of this soup by adding

some ingredients.

Cabbage Soup Diet lasts for seven days and, while you eat

cabbage soup every day, each day you have to eat different food:

* Day 1: Fruits

* Day 2: Vegetables

* Day 3: Fruits and vegetables

* Day 4: Bananas

* Day 5: Fish or Chicken + tomatoes

* Day 6: Steak + vegetables

* Day 7: Vegetables + rice

Unfortunately, Cabbage Soup Diet may lead to nutritional

deficiencies; therefore, it is advisable to combine this diet

with protein supplements such as drinking at least a homemade

protein milkshake once a day.

Here is an easy to do recipe:

* 4/5 glass skim milk

* 1/5 glass pure apple juice (no canned juice!)

* 2 tablespoon protein powder

* Fruits

* 1 teaspoon aspartame

Blend the ingredients.

If you want to improve the Cabbage Soup Diet effects,

preferably eat negative calorie vegetables, such as (energy for

100 g):

* Artichokes (40 cal)

* Asparagus (25 cal)

* Broccoli (35 cal)

* Cabbage (28 cal)

* Cauliflowers (30 cal)

* Chinese Cabbage (12 cal)

* Green Beens (40 cal)

* Lettuce (18 cal)

* Mushrooms (28 cal)

* Pumpkin (30 cal)

* Spinash (25 cal)

* Watercress (20 cal)

* Zucchini (30 cal)

Regarding the origins of the Cabbage Soup Diet, we know almost

nothing, some people say that Cabbage soup Diet has been

developed in the US hospitals while some others say that Belgian

university hospitals created this type of diet - a friend of

mine has been following this dieting method in a Belgian

hospital fifteen years ago. Some other people call Cabbage Soup

Diet "The Dolly Parton Diet".

Anyway, the supposed creators of this popular diet refute being

part of this weight loss method even while many hospitals used

it to help obese patients to quickly lose weight before

undergoing a surgery.

The results of this weight loss programme are a spectacular

miracle: 10 pounds lost in just one week!

The principle of this diet combines cabbage soup, known for

their slimming properties, and fruits, vegetables, meat,

sometimes in unlimited quantities but not at the same time

neither the same day.

Good luck!

About The Author: D. Halet is a history, holidays and tarot

cards passionate. She also experienced lots of weight loss diets

and methods. Whether you have to lose weight but do not know

what diet to choose or want to share your personal experiences,

visit http://lets-lose-weight.info, your info site dedicated to

weight loss.

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