Mushroom soup?

[Nixgirl]

Hi everyone

Just wanted some feedback on my mushroom soup recipe really...my daughter is also following Atkins but she's having problems eating enough veg...she really isn't all that keen on a lot of veg and the ones she does like she's kinda sick of now!!
She loves my homemade mushroom soup and I wondered if you all thought it'd be OK to use...It'd be an ideal way to get her food intake up as well as her veg!

This would make a batch which would yield approx 8 servings

16oz mushrooms
8 oz onion
2 tablespoons olive oil
6fl oz cream
chicken stock

I've punched all the ingredients into fitday and the total carbs comes to 41...as I said that would probably make 8 servings so would be around 6 carbs per serving...if she was having 1 serving per day that would be OK wouldn't it?

Any feedback gratefully recieved!

Thanks

Janet
xx

[Nixgirl]

Re: Mushroom soup?

Oh i've just looked at fitday again and total carbs are 41 but net carbs are 32 so it would be only 4 carbs per serving! She could probably afford 2 servings per day!

Janet
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[Elizellen]

Re: Mushroom soup?

Looks really tasty too!!
Soups are a great way to add more veggies - I often use a variety of cooked leftovers to make them too!

One way i managed to get the carb count lower on recipes calling for chopped onion was to use spring onions (green onions?) which I found still imparted the onion taste but with less carbs

[Nixgirl]

Re: Mushroom soup?

Looks really tasty too!!
Soups are a great way to add more veggies - I often use a variety of cooked leftovers to make them too!

One way i managed to get the carb count lower on recipes calling for chopped onion was to use spring onions (green onions?) which I found still imparted the onion taste but with less carbs

Thanks Elizellen...I hadn't thought of using spring onion but I might just try that!

My daughter is doing quite well so far...13lbs off in 6 weeks but she's struggling with the veg and loss of appetite... I really have to nag her to eat enough food! Soup is one of her favourites so I'm going to have a think as to what other soups I could make her...unfortunately 3 of her faves are Scotch Broth, Chicken Rice and Lentil...she'll not be getting any of those LOL

Janet
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[not2late]

Re: Mushroom soup?

What phase of Atkins is she in?

During Induction phase, mushrooms are limited by the vegetable rule. During OWL phase, she can have 5 net carbs of mushrooms in addition to her Induction vegetables. During Pre-Maintenance, she can have 10 net carbs of mushrooms.

[Nixgirl]

Re: Mushroom soup?

What phase of Atkins is she in?

During Induction phase, mushrooms are limited by the vegetable rule. During OWL phase, she can have 5 net carbs of mushrooms in addition to her Induction vegetables. During Pre-Maintenance, she can have 10 net carbs of mushrooms.

We've both just moved onto OWL so we should be OK for the mushroom carbs I think!

Janet
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[sallyseachange]

Re: Mushroom soup?

Yummm... thanks for reminding me about mushroom soup!

[Scooterjam]

Re: Mushroom soup?

Wow......what a great idea!!! I was just wondering about soup. I really like using the green onions too....I bet this will taste awesome. Thank you!!!