Soup and Salad Recipes for a Diabetic Diet

From the Diabetic Living Online website its Soup and Salad Recipes for a Diabetic Diet. Delicious and Diabetic Friendly recipes for a good variety of soups and salads. Recipe like Sweet Potato Soup with Toasted Pecans, Versatile Vegetable Soup, and Red Bean Soup. You can find all the recipes and plenty more at the Diabetic Living Online website. Enjoy and Eat Healthy!  http://www.diabeticlivingonline.com/

Soup and Salad Recipes for a Diabetic Diet

Soup and salad are standard lunch fare, and these recipes don't disappoint. Or think outside the lunch box by making them for dinner. You'll love that we made them diabetes-friendly by reducing the carbs, calories, and fat.



Sweet Potato Soup with Toasted Pecans

This creamy sweet potato soup has a unique combination of flavors. Sweet potatoes, veggies, and reduced-sodium chicken broth come together to create a 142-calorie warm-you-up cup......


Versatile Vegetable Soup

This basic vegetable soup is easy to change according to your tastes and what you have on hand. For only 82 calories per serving, you get a veggie-packed lunch or dinner side dish.......


Red Bean Soup

Satisfy your taste buds with a bowl full of hearty goodness including flavorful beans, beef brisket, and veggies. Using dried beans instead of canned saves you on sodium.......




* Click the link below to get all the Soup and Salad Recipes for a Diabetic Diet
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Soup Special of the Day! - Bean Soup

This week's Soup Special of the Day is Bean Soup. An easy prepared Bean Soup recipe, make extra to freeze!


Bean Soup

Ingredients
1 (16 ounce) package dried navy beans
7 cups water
1 ham bone
2 cups diced ham (I used a package of Meijer Diced Ham)
1/4 cup minced onion
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 pinch ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
2 bay leaves
1/2 cup sliced carrots
1/2 cup sliced celery (optional)


Directions
1 - Place rinsed beans into a large stock pot. Add water and bring to a boil. Boil gently for 2 minutes; remove from heat, cover and let stand for 1 hour.
2 - Add ham bone, cubed ham, onion, salt, pepper, cumin, and bay leaves. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, cover and simmer for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until beans are soft. Occasionally skim service of soup while it is cooking.
3 - Add carrots and celery, cook until tender. Remove ham bone, scrape any meat from bone and place back into soup and serve.

Bean Soup

Came across an old recipe for Bean Soup my Mom or some family member had written down and wanted to pass it along, enjoy!

Bean Soup
Ingredients
1 (16 ounce) package dried navy beans
7 cups water
1 ham bone
2 cups diced ham
1/4 cup minced onion
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 pinch ground black pepper
1 teaspoon roasted ground cumin
1 teaspoon dried cilantro
1 bay leaf
1/2 cup sliced carrots
1/4 cup sliced celery


Directions
1 - Place rinsed beans into a large stock pot. Add water and bring to a boil. Boil gently for 2 minutes; remove from heat, cover and let stand for 1 hour.
2 - Add ham bone, cubed ham, onion, salt, pepper, cumin, cilantro, and bay leaves. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, cover and simmer for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until beans are soft. Occasionally skim service of soup while it is cooking.
3 - Add carrots and celery, cook until tender. Remove ham bone, scrape any meat from bone and place back into soup and serve.