7 - Day - Soup Diet Recipe

Mr. Sauce's Note:

This recipe was created by a major Toronto Ontario hospital to rapidly and safely reduce a patients weight prior to surgery. It's safe and it works!

• Total Time: 2 hrs
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 10

• 3 cups crushed plum tomatoes
• 2 ½ cups pasta sauce
• ½ cup tomato paste (1 small can)
• 6 green onions
• 2 cups beef broth
• 1 bunch celery & tops
• 2 cups fresh green beans
• 2 green bell peppers
• 2 lbs carrots
• 2 tablespoons chili powder
• 1 tablespoon coarse salt
• 2 tablespoons paprika
• 1⁄8; teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 2 tablespoons prepared mustard
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions:

1. In a very large stock pot, combine tomatoes, pasta sauce, tomato paste and beef broth.
2. Over med/high heat, bring mixture to a boil.
3. Reduce heat and simmer covered for 15 minutes.
4. Wash and rough chop carrots, celery (including tops), and green peppers into 1 inch cubes.
5. Wash, trim and cut green beans into 1 inch lengths.
6. Chop green onion into 1/4 inch lengths.
7. Add all vegetables to simmering pot.
8. Stir to combine.
9. Add chili powder, cayenne, mustard, salt, black pepper and paprika to soup mixture.
10. Stir and simmer on low for 60 - 90 minutes.
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12. Soup Diet - Day #1.
13. Eat as much of any fruit you want EXCEPT BANANAS.
14. Eat only soup and fruit today but eat all you want.
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16. Day #2.
17. All Veggies.
18. Fill up on fresh vegetables (salads etc).
19. Eat all the soup you want and have a large baked potato with butter at dinner time.
20. But NO FRUIT TODAY.
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22. Day #3.
23. Eat all the soup, fruit and veggies you want, but NO POTATOES.
24. If you haven't cheated you will have lost.
25. 5-7 lbs by tomorrow morning.
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27. Day #4.
28. Bananas and skim milk.
29. Eat at least 3 bananas and all the milk you want today.
30. Remember, you can have soup anytime you want.
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32. Day #5.
33. Beef and Tomatoes.
34. You can have up to 20 ounces of beef and 6 tomatoes in any style you like.
35. Remember to eat soup too.
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37. Day #6.
38. Beef and Vegetables.
39. Eat all the beef and veggies you want today.
40. You can have 2-3 steaks if you want, with green leafy vegetables.
41. But NO POTATOES.
42. Don't forget to have soup.
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44. Day #7.
45. Brown rice, unsweetened fruit juice, and veggies today.
46. Eat all you want whenever you want and have soup as often as you can.
47. The soup is the key --
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49. If you haven't cheated, you should have lost 10 - 17 lbs.
50. Prescription medications will not be affected by this diet, but check with you doctor before you begin the diet just to be sure.
51. Remember; The more soup you eat, the more weight you will lose.

Reviews

[Grannydragon]

The true key to this diet is the soup. It is day 7, I just made huge noodle sized pot #3. My husband had two bowls this whole week, I ate the rest. I could only handle 1 tablespoon of chili powder per pot. I adhered most faithfully to the recipe otherwise and to the diet. Lost only 4 pounds. But, that is four pounds gone, from a plateau that I could not seem to budge in 3 months. When my husband asked me this morning if it had been worth it. I thought is over very carefully and said, "Yes!" My diet and exercise controlled diabetes fell right in line, with great glucose tests. I feel especially well! Getting a lot more chores done, doubled my daily walking distance, and there is the 4 # gone. I shall take a day or two off and then get right back on the 7 day soup diet. There was a time or two that I had to almost gag down the last of a bowl of the soup, but it is not a bad soup, just way too much of it right now. I think anyone who wants to lose weight, could give this a try. Thank you for sharing this healthy recipe and temporary method of eating. Just wanted to add that now I am going through this diet for the 4th time. I have lost nearly 20# and 2 dress sizes. I shall keep at it until I am drop dead gorgeous! With one or two days of rest between. It is a very good way to eat! Must say, that I seem to crave the spicy soup when I took a vacation in Japan, recently. Thanks ever so much for sharing this plan. May 1, 2009, I have lost 46# with this diet, it is now an on and off part of my life

[E_B]

I'm making this a 2 part review. I'm only on day 1 of the diet itself, so I can't comment on its effectiveness. But I will post a review based on taste before I forget the changes I made. I don't know about you, but 7 day old soup doesn't exactly temp my taste buds, so I cut the recipe in half and plan to make a second, fresh, pot of soup in a couple days. I made a few changes to the ingredients: *used a chunky garden blend of pasta sauce *left out the celery entirely (gross) *added a second bell pepper (1 red, 1 yellow, no green)and 1/2 tablespoon on fresh cilantro *left out the tomato paste (between pasta sauce and fresh tomatoes, it just seemed like overkill) *doubled the beef broth based on other reviewers comments that it was too thick *tossed in some spices to my liking such as basil, rosemary, parsley, and garlic powder. *a dash of red cooking wine never hurt anyone. The result was a pretty tasty vegetable soup that I'm sure I can live with for the next few days. Some people complained it's too chunky...which I don't have a problem with, if it's my main course for the next week, it better be hearty! But I did soup mine up a bit adding more broth and keeping the lid on the pot throughout the entire cooking time. Returns the moisture right back into the pot. It's not the greatest soup ever, but it's good and if I actually drop a few pounds, perhaps it will be great after all. I'll post back at the end of the week with my progress or lack there of.

[ladyq2010]

Today is my first day trying this soup. I find that it tastes like chili just without the meat. I recommend that you make it a day in advance to give the spices time to kick in.. Day #1, six more to go... i'll post an up date of my results at the end of my week. Good luck to everyone that is giving this a shot!