BUT Lipton noodle soup is totally unhealthy! White noodles in high sodium broth. Hmm... how to fix this? Each serving of soup has 70 calories, 2g of protein, 0 fiber and 0 calcium. This does not bode well for my kids staying full and being healthy.
Lets add some purees to it! Here goes, I use 2 packages of soup and add:
1/4 cup of pureed zuchinni/cauliflower
1/4 cup of pureed carrot/sweet potato
1/4 cup of pureed broccoli/peas/spinach
1/4 cup of pureed white beans (navy beans)
So that is adding 1 full cup of purees to the soup. It still looks like soup. It still tastes like soup. So what are the nutritional benefits?
The zuchinni/cauliflower adds: 14 calories, 1.2g of fiber, 1.1g of protein and 27mg of calcium
The carrot/sweet potato adds: 25 calories, 1.2g of fiber, 0.5g of protein and 14mg of calcium
The broccoli/spinach/peas adds: 26 calories, 1.8g of fiber, 1.9g of protein and 23mg of calcium
The white beans adds: 124 calories, 5g of fiber, 7.5g of fiber and 77.75mg of calcium. White beans also binds combines with the pasta to create a complete protein out of this normally no protein, high carb soup.
Total Calories per serving - 93.6 (was 70 - Lipton soup alone)
Total Fiber per serving - 1.2g (was 0 - Lipton soup alone)
Total Protein per serving - 3.4g (was 2 - Lipton soup alone)
Total Calcium per serving - 17.7mg (was 0 - Lipton soup alone)
The total cost for my soup works out to be this:
$1.24 for the Lipton Soup
$1 for the purees (approximate)
$0.25 for the extra noodles
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$2.50 for 8 servings = 31 cents per person
Still think you can't have healthy and quick meals for cheap???
So here is my recipe:
2 packages of Lipton Soup
1/2 cup extra soup noodles (optional)
1/4 cup of pureed zuchinni/cauliflower
1/4 cup of pureed carrot/sweet potato
1/4 cup of pureed broccoli/peas/spinach
1/4 cup of pureed white beans (navy beans)
8 cups of water
Bring to a boil until noodles are tender. Serve hot.
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