Soup

Salads and soups.    I don’t like saying loose weight because it rarely just gets lost and then it’s never hard to find again.  I prefer getting rid of extra weight but even that focuses on the weight, the fat, the dreaded obesity then surrounds me.  So I think most times I may stick with lightening up.  This year I will lighten up and live better and I love the idea of getting in better shape.

I have made a home made soup, at least it’s supposed to be a soup but it’s a little solid.  Who knew pearl barley would grow to about 100 times its original size?  Everything in the soup is there for a health reason and so far it’s been reasonably okay to eat.  I am already thinking of what I want to do for my next soup.

My idea is if I have a go to breakfast and lunch that’s reasonably or incredibly healthy that will help me lighten up and feel better.  I am also building in two snacks to keep me on track.  If I do something right or good a couple times a day it may be easier to stay on track.  Thus the home made soup for lunch and though it may not be my favorite yet it 1. Might get there, and 2. Will help keep/get me healthy and 3. I can keep having salads on other days and freeze this for when i want it..  I also need to appreciate it because I now have a bazillion servings of it or at least enough for the next two weeks.

There are so many recipes on line or in magazines for healthy, light, and diet soup it’s easy to find one to try.  There’s even miracle soup I just feel like I would be let down if I tried it and something amazing didn’t happen.  Even with all these recipes and choices I find I can rarely follow a recipe to the letter.  I’m hoping the intent is as important as the cooking.

For my next soup I want to use turkey, mushrooms, onions, a little bit of pearl barley, maybe garlic, spinach and other things that would go with these and make a delicious and healthy soup.  I plan on looking up other low gi, mega healthy foods to add to the list.  If any one has any ideas let me know.  We could create our own miracle soup and amazing things could happen.