Weight Loss Italian Chicken Vegetable Soup

Recipe by BevCourse: SoupsCuisine: ItalianDifficulty: Easy
Servings

4

servings
Prep time

14

minutes
Cooking time

20

minutes
Total time

35

minutes

Delicious & nutritious, low calorie soup to help you lose weight with nature’s fat burning ingredients.

Ingredients

  • Chicken Broth, unsalted: 8 cups

  • Carrots: 4-6 medium size; peeled and chopped into small pieces

  • Onions: 2 cups chopped coarsely

  • Red Cabbage: 2 cups chopped coarsely

  • Tomatoes: 2 large tomatoes; chopped into 1 to 2 inch pieces

  • Garlic cloves: 3 cloves minced

  • Cooked Roasted Chicken: 2 cups, cut up into small pieces

  • Fresh Spinach leaves: 2 cups chopped coarsely (optional)

  • Pasta: 2 cups of cooked pasta: angel hair pasta (cut into small pieces), noodles or any other small pasta

  • Thyme: 1 tsp powder or 2 TBSP fresh chopped thyme

  • Basil: 2 tsp powder or 3 TBSP fresh chopped basil

  • Oregano: 1 tsp powder or 2 TBSP fresh chopped oregano

  • Salt to taste: Pink Himalayan Salt for best flavor and nutritional value

  • Cayenne Pepper: ¼ - ½ tsp or to taste

Directions

  • Bring chicken broth to a boil in a large pot.
  • Add carrots, onions and red cabbage to the pot and lightly boil for 10 minutes.
  • Add tomatoes, minced garlic, chicken, thyme, basil and oregano. Lightly boil for another 10 minutes.
  • Stir in the cooked pasta and spinach leaves.
  • Season to taste with salt and cayenne pepper.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

  • For a vegetarian version of this soup, use vegetable broth instead of chicken broth and don't add the chicken.