Sunday, December 27, 2015

8 soups that will make you feel healthy and happy

8 soups that will make you feel healthy and happy












The city is witness to a myriad health trends and healthy food hotspots catering to the discerning health buff on eat streets, one of them being a healthy concoction of superfoods and herbs served piping hot between 6 am and 8 am in the morning everyday at some of the hotspots. 

The outlets, most of which have been serving an array of freshly brought to boiled and freshly made anti-oxidant rich soups and juices since more than a decade provide much succour to the health conscious. Here's taking a look at how your morning sip of soup can add a dash of health to your entire day ahead.

The mixed veg soup 
Known to be anti-oxidant rich and full of fibre, the mixed vegetable soup is one of the most sought after nourishing soup alternatives. The home styled mixed veg soup, which usually is made of beetroot, tomato, spinach, cabbage or broccoli is given a generous dash of ginger and fresh lemon juice extracted in front of you.

Spinach soup
This, one can say is the king of all soup variants that health freaks want to sip soon after finishing off their morning workout routine. Also available in most of the joints as a juice variant, spinach with all its nutritional benefits and fully loaded minerals, makes it another preferred soup/juice alternative for soupaholics.

Wheatgrass soup 
Another green ingredient known to enrich healthy living, wheatgrass happens to be another must to have ingredient in the morning fare of soups. While it may look like an acquired taste in the beginning, but with a sprinkle of taste enhancing natural herbs, fresh fruits like apple, avocado make it a complete healthy way to start your day.

Juice it up right 
In addition to freshly made soups, the healthy mix of juices available taking from the wheatgrass juice to mint, ginger and honey with fresh lime, and freshly extracted beet and spinach juice also make the fare healthy.

Creamy green soup 
Made using an assortment of greens like spinach, fennel seeds, freshly sourced chives, spring onions, spring garlic and freshly ground pepper, prepared in olive oil or butter according to your calorie preference can also make your mornings deliciously healthy and light.

Italian cold soup 
One can also take a break from the piping hot fare by choosing cold soup alternatives. The Italian cold soups are a perfect mode to add variety to your soupy affair. The vegetarian soups like the cold cucumber cream not only enhances the gourmet effect, but also lets you experience a different taste.

Tomato soup
The evergreen tomato soup is often associated with a tangy and scrumptious feeling. And when you add a mix of other ingredients like the mint, ginger and fresh lime juice that make the tomato soup the elixir of morning wellness. The menu is incomplete without it.

Lentil soup with coriander
One can prepare this deliciously healthy lentil soup using all the home based ingredients like onions, pepper, cream and coriander, fresh lime juice. An energy booster rich in proteins, the lentil soup known for its health benefits. So go ahead and indulge in this guilt free lentil soup.

Source : TOI

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