Mediterranean Diet recipes: Soup

• Chickpea soup

  

  A good soup recipie for the cold winter days. The chicken breast and the chickpeas are very nutritive and will give you energy and the vegetables provide vitamins. We recommend to serve it with some noodles or croutons. A remark: we prefer to use fresh chickpeas but you can cut down on preparation time buying pre-cooked chickpeas.

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• Koala Soup

  

  I guess everybody has his own "very first recipe I was preparing for a year every 2nd night for dinner", well this is ours. The basic ingredients that shouldn't miss are the carrots, celery, onion and chicken breast. On the lazy days when we are not in the mood to cook (that happens even with a Kuiristo...) we simply prepare the soup with some peas and noodles. Thyme is absolutely necessary to give the soup the authentic Koala Soup flavour.

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• Broccoli cream soup

  

  Broccoli is famous about its antioxidant effect and it is also a great part of a diet to evite some serious diseases. You can serve it with some 100% whole grain bread (it is really delicios with some butter but only use it if you are not on a diet like we are:)).

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• Gazpacho

  

  One of the star dishes of the Spanish cuisine, and if you ever tasted this tomato based soup you already know why. Ideal especially during hot summer days, this soup contains a lot of vitamines as it is made of raw vegetables. It is usually served very cold and at some parts of Spain they also serve you some ham-, vegetable- and toast dices.

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• Onion cream soup

  

  This cream soup can be easily converted into a spectacular one-course meal: take a round bread, cut off the top, take off all the crumbs and serve the cream soup in it.

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• Catalan onion soup

  

  This soup is a very easy one, it is almost like preparing a sandwich. You put the ingredients one on top of another, put all in the oven , wait a few minutes and tadaaam... the dinner is ready! For this recipe you will have to use plates that resist heat so you can put them in the oven.

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• Quick chicken broth

  

  Chicken broth is the base of a lot of Catalan and Spanish recipes: for example of risottos (for example Chicken and vegetable risotto). In Spain it is very common to use canned broths especially because it is more comfortable and faster, but it is not really healthy... so whenever we have some more time we prepare this really easy chicken broth and keep a few boxes of it in the freezer. To use less salt season with some herbs and spices (normally we use some thyme, black pepper and cumin).

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• Sausages and spinach soup

  

  If you like soups, we recommend you this Italian recipe that combines, vegetables (spinach, zucchini, beans and carrots) with the sausages.

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• Vegetable soup

  

  A very light and rich vegetable soup for the cold winter days.

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• Salad-stuffed tomatoes

  

  A very simple and fast salad in a fancy serving!

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• Sweet potato cream soup

  

  No fall can pass without a delicious sweet potato-pumpkin recipe. This cream soup is a little bit sweet due to the mentioned ingredients so be careful with the nutmeg, only add a little bit, otherwise it will turn out excessively sweet.

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• Mushroom cream soup

  

  Cream soups can be a very good option for the cold fall/winter nights when you like to take something warm but more dense than a soup. This creamy soup we prepared with mushrooms and turned out really delicious, we also recommend you to prepare some stir-fried mushrooms with parsley and serve it along with the cream soup.

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• Lentil soup

  

  A really simple soup for those busy nights when you don't really have time to cook but need a vitamin and mineral-rich dinner. Use canned lentils to decrease cooking time.

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