Name: Weight Loss Cabbage Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 8 cups vegetable broth; 1 onion (chopped); 6 cups chopped cabbage; 3 carrots (chopped); 4 stalks of celery (chopped); 1 14.5oz can of diced tomatoes (not drained); 1/2 tsp salt; 1 tsp black pepper

This weight loss cabbage soup recipe came about around the end of the year. I was wanting to lose some weight and my mom always says, “eat cabbage”. She likes to drink cabbage juice, which I can’t or won’t do, lol. Because, it smells really bad and I’m not that brave, LOL. She likes to juice the red cabbage, typically I buy the green cabbage, maybe because it is a little less expensive or may be it has become a habit and I don’t think to look for another color, LOL. Maybe, I should venture out and try something different. However, I do like to take the shredded cabbage and eat it raw.

Plus, another recipe that my girls and I like is to saute some cut up cabbage and onion in a little olive oil, then add some diced up summer sausage and seasonings. This is really a delicious meal! Here is the recipe for the Keto sausage & cabbage casserole.

Add Protein!

chicken (can of chicken breast works perfect)
beef (browned ground beef or taco meat is good)
ham (diced breakfast ham)
summer sausage
beans (any kind will work, a can of chili beans would be delicious)

Cabbage is recommended to people who want to lose weight, since it is full of nutrients and its high fiber content makes your stomach feel full. With approximately 33 calories per cup, cabbage is high in fiber, vitamins and contains zero fat.

Eating Healthy is a Lifestyle

This weight loss cabbage soup is an ideal soup to begin your weight loss journey, but remember that it is a lifestyle change and not really a diet. I have learned thru the many years of dieting off and on that I have to truly change the way I eat all the time, because the weight will always come back on as soon as I go back to eating the junk that I like to eat. The junk is so easy, but eating healthy can be easy too, I just have to plan a little better and not wait until I am really hungry, because then I will grab anything that is handy. And, usually that is not a healthy choice. I have a bad habit of eating potato chips and a positive lifestyle change would be to choose to eat some carrots, celery or nuts.

Healthy Snacks

Nuts are a wonderful healthy snack, for example: cashews, walnuts, almonds or pecans, any of these nuts would be a much better choice than potato chips. It’s a one day at a time journey, trying to do better today than I did yesterday, but when I don’t do better, I don’t give up. Because, tomorrow is a new day and a chance to start over again and try to do better. A positive attitude really helps and not to think about how I ate wrong the day before, because that day is over and gone. 🙂

Cabbage soup may be effective for weight loss. Following the cabbage soup diet some sources say that people could lose 10 pounds per week or more. However, anytime someone eats fewer calories in a day they have the potential to lose weight. And, with that being said, cabbage is a low calorie food. Cabbage is also a sugar free and gluten free vegetable. So, if you are a diabetic and should not have sugar then this would be a good meal. You could always cut the carrots in half, so instead of adding 3 carrots to this soup only add 1 or 1 1/2 of chopped carrots. Maybe, then add more celery or cabbage, plus adding some protein would be good too, maybe add a can of cooked white chicken breast.

Typically, I make a lot of keto or low carb meals. Ketogenic meals consist of no carbohydrates or sugar. This cabbage soup would not be strict keto, because of the carrots and tomatoes, however the carrots and tomatoes could be left out and this would still be a great soup. Maybe, add some protein like summer sausage or a can of white chicken breast. High protein is important on the ketogenic diet which would lower the carbohydrates in this soup.