After a week of amazing all-inclusive eating in Mexico, we needed a little detox coming back from our honeymoon. I didn’t want to do anything drastic. I just needed to do something to get back into a healthier lifestyle. This cabbage soup is low in calories. It
is loaded with yummy vegetables to help you naturally get to a healthier you.
I based this off a traditional diet cabbage soup. I kicked it up a notch by using bone broth to add additional nutrients into it and loaded up on the veggies for a natural detox. The week following our trip I limited my starches, cut out dairy, increased my water and ate this soup for either lunch or dinner every day for a week along with some lean protein. That’s right, no chips, no pasta, no bread, no cheese, no milk. If it wasn’t made by me, it wasn’t a fruit, a veggie or this soup, I didn’t eat it. I did have some lean protein cooked in olive oil only, but that’s it.
I can’t tell you how fast I noticed a huge difference. My stomach felt better by day two and by Friday my stomach was noticeably less bloated and flatter. Now I’m on a great path for a healthy rest of the summer!
Ingredients:
- 1 bag of shredded cabbage
- 2 tomatoes
- 2 small onions
- 2 bell peppers
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 4 celery stalks
- 6 carrots
- 1 cup water
- 16 oz beef bone broth
- 1 bunch basil
- 1 tsb red pepper
- 1 tsp thyme
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp pepper
Recipe:
- Heat olive in a large pot over medium heat.
- Chop onion and mince garlic. Add both to the pot and brown.
- While the onion and garlic is browning, chop all remaining veggies.
- Add in each chopped vegetable one at a time and stir.
- Let cook for a few minutes, still over medium heat.
- Pour bone broth and water into pot and stir.
- Add pepper, thyme and basil into pot and stir again.
- Cook on medium heat until boiling. Reduce to shimmer and cover.
- Shimmer for at least an hour. Stir occasional.
- Taste and add additional spices if needed.
- Enjoy!
My soup made more than 12 small servings. It easily lasted the week for both my husband and myself. Remove all of the pepper seeds. I was lazy about removing all the seeds. My soup was spicier than it should have been. Luckily, I like spicy food. You can add salt if you absolutely need it, but try and remember this is supposed to be a detox soup meant to help cleanse your body of toxins and add nutrients and vitamins you may be missing.
I LOVE using bone broth. Personally, I use Bare Bones Broth. I am not affiliated with them, just a big fan. You can find out why, in the post below.
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