Fitness soups: 7 healthy recipe ideas for dinner

Packed with nutrients and flavor, fitness soups can offer many benefits to our body and provide well-being and comfort, especially on days when the weather is milder.

Fitness soup, by combining its wonderful flavors with its beneficial properties, becomes a low-calorie dish with a variety of preparation possibilities. How about getting to know some of them? 

So we have listed seven healthy and simple recipes here so that you can make them as an option for your dinner, making your diet healthier, check it out!

1 – FITNESS TOMATO AND BASIL SOUPS

Ingredients:

• Chopped medium onion – 1 unit
• Chopped garlic – 2 cloves
• Tomato – 500g (skinless and seedless, ripe, chopped)
• Light margarine – 1 tablespoon
• Vegetable broth – 4 cups
• Chopped basil – 2 tablespoons (can also be dried)

Method of preparation:

1. First, heat the light margarine in a medium pan, add the onion and garlic and sauté until they brown briefly.
2. Then add the chopped tomato and vegetable stock and wait for it to boil.
3. Then start cooking in the pan that you already covered for 10 minutes.
4. Then, blend the basil in a blender until you get a creamy, uniform mixture, then serve.

2 – BEETROOT FITNESS SOUPS

Ingredients:

• Chopped medium onion – 1 unit
• Chopped beets – 500g (without the skin)
• Lemon juice – 2 tablespoons
• Sugar – 1 teaspoon
• Vegetable broth – 1 tablet
• Cornstarch – ½ tablespoon
• Water – 1.5 liters
• Oil – 1 tablespoon  
• Salt to your taste

Method of preparation:

1. First of all, add the oil to a large pressure cooker and heat it over high heat. Then add the onion and sauté until it changes its appearance.
2. Then add the beetroot, sugar, juice, lemon water and vegetable stock for 15 minutes, when it starts to boil.
3. Transfer to a blender and blend until smooth.
4. Finally, return to high heat and add the cornstarch that you dissolved using ½ tablespoon of water, leaving it to cook for about a minute, stirring constantly, so that it thickens.
5. Once you have adjusted the salt, you can serve your soup.

3 – POTATO SOUP WITH LEEKS

Ingredients:

• Potatoes – 1.5 kg
• Olive oil – 2 tablespoons
• Chopped leek – 1 teacup
• Green banana biomass – 1 tablespoon
• Homemade vegetable broth – 1 liter (or chicken broth);
• Basil leaves
• Salt and black pepper to taste.

Method of preparation:

1. Start by cooking your potatoes with water and salt and set aside. After adding olive oil to a pan, sauté the leek.
2. Then, continue to blend the green banana biomass with a little vegetable broth until soft.
3. Add the potatoes and vegetable stock to a pan, wait for it to boil and mash the potatoes well to break them up completely.
4. When it's finished, add basil leaves, salt and black pepper and serve while still hot.

4 – LIGHT GREEN BROTH

Ingredients:

• Olive oil – 2 tablespoons
• Skinless chicken – 1 breast (cut into cubes)
• Small chopped onion – 1 unit
• Minced garlic – 2 cloves
• Chopped broccoli – 1 cup
• Potatoes – 500g (peeled and cut into small cubes)
• Water – 1.5 liters (or homemade vegetable/chicken broth);
• Cabbage – 200g (without the stem, cut into slices)
• Ground black pepper to taste
• Salt to taste

Method of preparation:

1. Season the chicken cubes with salt and black pepper.
2. Then heat the olive oil in a pan and brown the chicken. Add the onion, broccoli and chopped garlic and sauté in a matter of minutes.
3. Then add the potatoes to the water, letting it cook over a moderate heat.
4. As soon as it starts to boil, and your chicken is cooked and the potatoes are falling apart, add the kale, using a fork to stir and loosen the leaves.
5. Then cook for a few minutes, reducing the heat, add salt and pepper to taste and your fitness soup is ready.

5 – SWEET POTATO CREAM WITH BROCCOLI

Ingredients:

• Chopped broccoli – 5 florets
• Chopped sweet potato – 1 cup
• Golden flaxseed – 1 tablespoon
• Turmeric – 1 teaspoon
• Chopped parsley – 4 tablespoons
• Nutmeg – 1 pinch
• Salt to your taste

Method of preparation:

1. Let's start this recipe by cooking all the ingredients in water to soften them. After seasoning, continue blending them all in a blender until you get a smooth mixture.
2. If necessary, return the pan to low heat to maintain the temperature, as it is best served warm.

6 – FITNESS CHICKEN SOUPS

Ingredients:

• Chicken – 1 breast (without skin and fat)
• Garlic – 2 cloves
• Carrots – 2 units
• Cabbage – 3 leaves
• Onion – 1 unit
• Spinach leaves – 2 cups
• Chickpeas – 60g
• Medium potato – 1 unit
• Extra virgin olive oil – 1 tablespoon
• Flax seeds – 1 tablespoon

Method of preparation:

1. First, cook the already cut chicken breast cubes in water, then set aside. Then, add the chicken stock water to cook the already chopped vegetables.
2. Then, add the olive oil and chickpeas and once everything is cooked, add the chicken breast that you already set aside and the flax seeds and serve your guests!

7 – FITNESS SPINACH SOUP

Ingredients:

• Onion – 1 unit
• Garlic – 2 cloves
• Water – 2 cups
• Carrots – 3 units
• Spinach – 400g
• Extra virgin olive oil – 1 tablespoon
• Dried basil – 1 tablespoon
• Frozen peas – 200g
• Cottage cheese – 1 tablespoon

Method of preparation:

1. Add water, chopped onion and carrot, along with the garlic and peas and cook. When they are cooked, reduce the heat and add the spinach.
2. Finally, after 3 minutes, remove from the heat and serve with cottage cheese.

Now you know which fitness soup recipes to make when temperatures drop.