Shortcut to Fabulous Figure Friendly Soup

A nice bowl of soup is perfect when it is cold outside. But making a homemade soup can seem daunting to many and making it figure friendly, yet delicious in under thirty minutes seems impossible right? Well not with our shortcut recipe! We promise this soup will become a staple in your life when you taste it and realize how good it is, how filling it is and how figure friendly it is!

What you need to make it:

1 large pot or dutch oven

1 mini chopper or food processor (if you don’t have a chopper, you can buy one at your local drugstore for around $10 or click here to get one at Target.)

1 tablespoon of olive oil or enough to coat bottom of pot

1 medium yellow onion

1 medium jalapeno

1 tablespoon of minced garlic (the minced garlic they sell in a jar works best)

1 packet goya sazon season culantro and achiote flavor (never heard of it? That’s okay you can find it in the spice or Latin section of most grocery stores or click here to order it on Amazon)

½ can of peeled diced tomatoes

1 14 oz. can of chicken broth

1 chicken bouillon cube

5 cups of water

1 bunch of cilantro

Either 1 packet of No-Yolk Noodles OR 1 small bag of fingerling or small Dutch potatoes (depending on your tastes)

1 10-16 oz. bag of frozen mixed vegetables

How to make it:

Cut jalapeno into slices. Take seeds out if you do not want any spice in your soup. Add Jalapeno to chopper. Cut onion into wedges and add to chopper with jalapeno.  Run chopper until medium to finely chopped. Heat pot on medium high heat. Add olive oil to coat bottom of pot. Heat olive oil for 2 minutes. Reduce heat to medium. Add onion and sauté for 2-3 minutes.  Add minced garlic and sauté for 1 minute. Add Goya Sazon packet and stir. Add ½ can of diced tomatoes and sauté for 2 minutes. Add chicken  broth. Turn heat to high. Add water and chicken bouillon cube. Bring liquid to a boil. While the liquid is coming to a boil, pull a handful of cilantro from the bunch and wash it. No need to take all of the leaves off  of the stems, just remove the big stems. Throw the washed cilantro into pot. If you are adding potatoes you can either cut them into smaller pieces or add them whole. Add them to the boiling water and boil until barely fork tender. Then add bag of frozen vegetables and boil until veggies are crisp tender. If you are using egg white noodles add vegetables first and bring back to a boil. Then add egg noodles and follow package instructions for cooking time.

This recipe yields 8-10 servings. You can freeze several servings in glad ware containers for the next cold day and the rest of soup can be refrigerated for up to one week. The beauty of this soup is that measurements do not have to be exact, it will turn out delicious every time with different variances in the amount of each ingredient, so don’t stress and have fun!

Once you try this recipe and see how quick, easy and absolutely delicious this soup is, you will be hooked on this shortcut to fabulous figure friendly soup!