Cabbage Soup Recipe: Recipes Using Cabbage

If you are someone who has been trying every available diet just to be able to lose weight, you have probably heard of the cabbage soup recipe diet. You have probably also heard of all of the other names for this particular diet – military cabbage, sacred heart, Russian peasant, and even the banana diet. The popularity of the cabbage soup recipe for weight loss is probably due to the fact that it promises fast results, such as losing at least 10 pounds in just a single week. Even though a lot of people are automatically lured to the promise of losing weight this fast, the diet’s effectiveness is usually questioned.

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Most people who hear of this easy cabbage soup recipe diet for the first time automatically get the impression that they just need to eat cabbage soup for the entire duration of the diet, but this is actually not true. While it is true that you are allowed to eat as much cabbage soup as you want for a single week, you are also allowed to consume other types of healthy foods as well. For instance, you will be allowed to eat fish, chicken, vegetables, fruits, bananas, milk, and other healthy recipes using cabbage. The catch with this particular cabbage soup recipe diet is that you should prioritize by eating cabbage soup for as long as you can so that when you feel the urge to try other types of food, you will only be consuming a small amount. However, even though you are allowed to eat other types of food aside from cabbage soup, you should still avoid specific types of food that have a high glycemic index (sugar), high amount of fat, and a high amount of calories. Some of these foods that you should avoid are brownies, pizza, pasta, sweet potato, chocolate, ice cream, and even bread. Even though it may seem hard to give up all of your favorite foods at first, you just need to remember that all your sacrifices will truly be worth it in the end.

Remember at the beginning of this article when it was mentioned that this cabbage soup recipe diet is also called the banana diet? The reason behind this is that on the fourth day, you will be required to eat a total of eight bananas along with skim milk.  The catch is, that even though only eight bananas are allowed to be consumed, you will be given the liberty to drink as much skim milk as desired. Along with the bananas and the milk, you are still allowed to eat the cabbage soup as well.

Below is an easy cabbage soup recipe for you to get started with:

Cabbage Soup
Ingredients:
-    1 head of cabbage
-    6 green onions
-    2 cans of diced tomatoes
-    3 carrots
-    1 green pepper
-    10oz container of sliced mushrooms
-    4 stalks of celery
-    1 package onion soup mix
-    2 chicken bouillon cubes
-    12 cups water
-    Salt and pepper

Chop the green onions and cook them over medium high heat in a skillet coated with cooking spray. Chop all of the vegetables and add them to the pan. Saute until just softened. Fill a large soup pot with the water and bring to a boil. Add all of the ingredients and the sauted vegetables. Simmer on low until all ingredients are combined and all the vegetables are soft. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Eat this soup for as many meals as you can while you are on the diet. The soup is good for you, but it will severely limit the types of nutrients you can get into your body. Lose the weight you need and then reintroduce other healthy fruits, vegetables, whole grains and protein into your diet.

(You can also find other recipes on this site that you may find interesting: pork chop recipes, banana cake recipe, and roasted pumpkin seeds).

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