Cabbage Soup

I recently sent out an all call to friends and family members asking for healthy recipes. My Grandma Sektnan sent me a recipe she has been using for YEARS to help her loose weight. She also sent me an old 1980's pamphlet about the diet that my grandpa even laminated--- I love it.

Apparently this was a fad diet at some point, and it's still floating around the market a little. Instead of following the 'diet' regimen, I have decided to incorporate the soup into my weekly menu. I have been making it once a week for the past three weeks. The soup lasts the entire week, and it's a great thing to eat with dinner along with veggies for a low calorie meal.


Cabbage Soup

6 large green onions (1 bunch)
2 green bell peppers
1 or 2 cans of tomatoes (14.5 ounce size, diced or whole)
1 bunch celery, sliced
1/2 head cabbage, chopped
1 package (Lipton) onion soup mix
1 or 2 cubes bouillon (optional)
1 48 oz can V8 juice, or 6 cups water or light chicken or vegetable broth (I use the spicy hot V8 for a little excitement!)
Season to taste with salt, pepper, parsley, curry, garlic powder, etc.*

Simmer or slow cook all until soup is done. *If slow cooking, add seasonings about an hour before done. Eat all the soup you want, whenever you want.


The 'diet'

First Day - All fruit is fine, except bananas; soup
Day 2 - Any and all vegetables, baked potato with butter for dinner; soup
Day 3 - Combine Day 1 and 2, without potato; soup
Day 4 - Up to six bananas, all the skim milk you want; soup
Day 5 - 10 to 20 ounces of beef, a can of tomatoes, 6 to 8 glasses of water; soup
Day 6 - All the beef and vegetables you want; soup
Day 7 - Brown rice, unsweetened fruit juices and vegetables; soup

Note: No bread, alcohol, or carbonated beverages - not even diet soda.

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