Low-Fat Vegetarian Soups to Complete Your Meal

Soup has always been a rich and satisfying meal option when vegetables and other healthy ingredients are chosen to prepare a delicious and nutrient-rich soup.

But, when it comes to low-fat vegetarian soups, you have a number of recipes that you can try as a side dish or full meal choice.

A large bowl of soup is enough to satisfy your hunger, but when you are looking for food items to help you in achieving weight loss goals, you can go for soups with low fat and calories.

Here, we have come up with some of the healthy yet low-fat vegetarian soup recipes that you will love to include as the whole meal every other day.

Have a look at some of the delicious yet healthy low-fat vegetarian soup recipes if you are planning for a light meal.

1. Tomato, Carrot and Cabbage Soup
2. Vegetable Salsa Soup
3. Vegetable Barley Soup
4. Lentil Soup
5. Spinach Lentil Soup
6. Broccoli Soup

Tomato, Carrot and Cabbage Soup

Ingredients:

• 5 chopped carrots
• 2-3 chopped onions
• 3-4 peeled and chopped tomatoes
• 1 large chopped cabbage
• 1 can drained green beans
• 4-6 cups of tomato juice
• 2 chopped green bell pepper
• Half a cup of chopped celery
• 1 teaspoon of powdered black pepper
• Salt as per your taste

How To Prepare:

• Take a large saucepan and add carrots, onions, tomatoes, cabbage, green beans, and celery in it.
• Now add tomato juice and the required amount of water that can cover vegetables.
• Boil this mixture at low heat until vegetables turn tender.
• Your low-fat vegetarian soup is ready to serve.
• You can store this soup in the refrigerator for many days.

Vegetable Salsa Soup

Ingredients:

• 6-8 cups of vegetable broth
• 1 jar medium salsa
• 2-3 cups of chopped carrot
• 2 cups chopped celery
• 1 cup of frozen mixed vegetables (you can also take chopped fresh vegetables available at your home)

How To Prepare:

• Take a large pot and add vegetable broth, salsa, carrot, celery, and mixed vegetables, and mix well.
• Boil this mixture on medium heat for 2-3 minutes.
• After that, simmer the heat and let the mixture boil for 15-20 minutes, or until vegetables tender.

Vegetable Barley Soup

Ingredients:

• 4-5 cups of vegetable broth
• 1 cup uncooked barley
• 2-3 chopped carrots
• Half a cup of chopped celery
• 1 can of chopped tomatoes with juice
• 1 chopped zucchini
• 1 can of drained beans
• 1 chopped onion
• 3-4 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon of garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon of white sugar
• 1 teaspoon of dried parsley
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 teaspoon of powdered black pepper
• 1 teaspoon of curry powder

How To Prepare:

• Take a large pot and add vegetable broth in it.
• Now, add barley, carrots, celery, tomatoes, zucchini, beans, onions and bay leaves.
• Next, add other ingredients – garlic powder, white sugar, parsley, salt, pepper, and curry powder.
  Cover the pot with a lid and boil the mixture on low heat for 60-90 minutes
• This low-fat vegetarian soup will be thick.
• You can add more or less vegetable broth or barley as per the desired consistency.
• One it is prepared, make sure to take out bay leaves before serving in a bowl.

Lentil Soup

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of chopped green onions
• 1 diced carrot
• 1 diced parsnip
• 1 diced potato
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
• Half a cup of chopped celery
• 1 cup of dry lentils
• 1 cup of chopped tomatoes
• 3-4 cups of vegetable stock
• 2-3 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon of soy sauce
• Half cup of chopped fresh cilantro

How To Prepare:

• Take a large saucepan and heat oil in it.
• Add onions, carrots, parsnips, and potato in a saucepan and stir the mixture on medium heat.
• Now, add lentils, tomatoes, vegetable stock, bay leaves and soy sauce in a saucepan.
• Mix all ingredients well and bring it to boil.
• Cover the saucepan with a lid and let it be cooked on a low heat for 20-25 minutes, or until lentils cook properly.
• Now, take out the bay leaves.
• Add cilantro and serve hot.

Spinach Lentil Soup

Ingredients:

• Half a cup of uncooked rice
• 6-7 cups of water
• 1-2 tablespoon of vegetable oil
• 1 chopped onion
• 1 chopped carrot
• Half teaspoon of red pepper flakes
• 1 cup of vegetable broth
• 1 cup dry lentils
• 1 bag of torn fresh spinach

How To Prepare:

• Take a large pot and add rice and water, and bring it to boil.
• Cook it on low heat for 20 minutes.
• Take another large pot and heat oil in it.
• Add onion, carrot, and red pepper.
• Cook and stir them until tender.
• Now add water, vegetable broth, and lentils, and bring it to boil.
• Cover it and cook it on low heat for 20-25 minutes.
• Now, add cooked rice and spinach in the saucepan of cooked lentils.
• Mix them well and cook for 5 minutes.
• Serve it hot.

Broccoli Soup

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• 1 chopped onion
• 3-4 peeled and chopped garlic cloves
• 3 cups of chopped fresh/frozen broccoli
• 1 chopped potato
• 4 cups of vegetable broth
• Half teaspoon of powdered nutmeg
• Salt and powdered black pepper as per your taste

How To Prepare:

• Take a large saucepan and heat oil in it.
• Now, add onion and garlic until they tender.
• Add broccoli, potato and vegetable broth and let them cook at low heat for 15 minutes.
• Puree this mixture with the help of a hand mixer or in a blender to prepare a smooth mixture.
• Reheat it and add nutmeg and salt and pepper as per your taste.

Even if you hate certain vegetables, adding them in some different way may make you love their taste.

So, the next time when you think of preparing hot and satisfying soups, make sure to try these recipes and enjoy them with your family.