SOUPS

[Bluebutterflier]

Hi all....

Im currently on my milk diet....pre op bander.....(17th April 2012 Op date)

I've made all my soups this week.....7 varieties....and frozen them as required.

But heres the silly question I have...

When its time to eat them....How do I cook them, unfreeze them etc?

Is it a re-heat job?
A defrost then re-heat job?
A microwave defrost then heat job?
or what?

Sorry, ive never been good with frozen cook times....

 

[Yvessa]

defrost then reheat You can probably get away with microwave defrost if it hasn't got meat, but you're not supposed to.

 

[Yvessa]

You're very organised! I'm not cooking until the weekend and my surgery is Monday!

 

[Bluebutterflier]

Thanks Yve....

Yep, thought id get them out of the way....

Soups done:

1. Carrot & sweet potato(in a curried type soup)
2. Red pesto & smoked bacon soup
3. chicken & garlic & vegetables soup
4. Spicy Parsnip soup
5. Butternut squash & sweet potato soup
6. Green pesto and chicken soup
7. Leek & potato soup

All of them processed and purified....and put into tubs or small containers....enough for 6 servings for each soup!....My freezer is jam packed lol

Oh by the way - I should be called 'Miss Organised'....must be the cusp sign of Virgo in me

 

[Yvessa]

I will be doing 3 and supplementing with tins as I don't want to waste. So I am making cauliflower and cheese soup, bacon and lentil soup and possibly tomato soup. Although I quite like the idea of green pesto and chicken; would you mind sharing the recipe? Also did you do them on the hob, or slow cooker? I am thinking of slow cookering, just for the sake of putting it all on and forgetting about it.

 

[Bluebutterflier]

Chicken & Pesto Soup

Sure, no problems....

Most of the recipes I found in a book called:
'1001 One pot, Casseroles, Soups and Stews'
1001 One Pot, Casseroles, Soups & Stews: Amazon.co.uk: Books

Anyways the recipe for the Chicken & Red Pesto Soup...

I altered it a tiny bit....see in brackets -to make it a bit more healthy.

2 tbsp Olive Oil (I used light olive oil)
100g Cooked chopped chicken
25g Butter (i just used more light olive oil)
450g Floury Potatoes chopped
450g Onions finely chopped
1 pint of milk (I didnt use)
100g Conchigliette pasta (I didnt put in)
150ml Double cream (I didnt put this in, instead of this and the milk, I used one carton of single cream)
2 tbsp chopped parsley
2 tbsp Red pesto (but you can use green if you want)
1 Pint of chicken stock
Salt & Pepper

- Heat oil in pan and cook the onions and potatoes together, add the chicken once they have been in for a few minutes.
- Add the stock.....(if you are adding the pasta- put this in too)
- Salt & pepper
- Add Parsley
- Leave for a few minutes to soften.....
- Finally add milk/cream -Whatever you choose to use
- Leave for 15mins on simmer - or in a slow cooker

 

[Yvessa]

I think I will try soya cream as I'm lactose intolerant and its even lower in cals/fat

 

[Bellydancer57]

You guys are seriously impressive.
I made carol Bowen ball's bariatric cauliflower cheese soup ( see her website)' my Mum's minestrone & had a lovely butternut squash & ginger soup when I went out last night albeit only ever manage a few spoonfuls now.
Just popped into Itsu (Japanese takeaway bar chain) & bought a Miso soup , it was lovely very low cal & fat & quite good protein due to the miso (soya protein).

 

[Yvessa]

Thanks hun Although, don't think I'm impressive so much as the fact that my boyfriend can't cook anything that's not in a bag or box, and I can't stand the thought of more milk!

And also I have no intention of lifting so much as a finger for 2 weeks after my op

 

[Bellydancer57]

& u keep to that resolution. Good luck. X