- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Cookbooks; 1 edition (Jan 6 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0688153003
- ISBN-13: 978-0688153007
- Product Dimensions: 20.9 x 20.9 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 699 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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#58,739 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #25 in Books > Cooking, Food & Wine > Meals > Soups & Stews
- #41 in Books > Cooking, Food & Wine > Special Diet > Low Fat
- #47 in Books > Health, Mind & Body > Diets & Weight Loss > Special Conditions > Low-Fat Diet
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Soup seems to revive the spirit even as it contents the stomach. In Judith Barrett's case, it also helped her lose 10 pounds. These low-fat and reasonably low-calorie soups, she claims, provided filling comfort as she cut back on calories and on the overall quantity she ate, helping her lose weight and keep it off.
The 100-plus recipes in Saved by Soup contain, at maximum, three grams of fat per three-quarter-cup portion. (Most of us eat more than that, and in restaurants a serving is at least a full cup.)
Barrett explains how to de-fat homemade stocks and store-bought broth. Her recipes start with a light, clear consommé graced with angel hair pasta and fine strips of fresh spinach, then progress to hefty Pasta e Fagioli, a section on chowders, chicken soups both thick and thin--including one with fluffy matzoh balls--and verdant spring soups like Creamy Watercress. There are rustic Italian minestre and chilled soups for summer. Perhaps best of all are chili-spiked Racy Red Lentil and clever, chunky Summer Fruit "Minestrone," a melange of fruit cut up in mint-perfumed orange juice.
The nutritional analysis provided for each recipe proves Barrett's point--that soups can be both lean and flavorful. Glorious color photos show that they can also be eye filling. --Dana Jacobi
From Publishers Weekly
There isn't a single soup in Barrett's collection that doesn't sound delectable?and this is quite impressive considering none of her recipes contains more than three grams of fat. Looking for a way to lighten up family meals, Barrett (coauthor of Risotto) discovered that soup was not only fun to make but, with a few tricks, could be conveniently dietetic. Her homemade, de-fatted stocks?chicken, fish and roasted vegetable?provide the backbone for everything from Vidalia Onion Soup to Pasta e Fagioli. Substituting buttermilk for cream doesn't detract from the richness of New England Lobster and Corn Chowder, and doesn't add the fat, and pureed vegetables make Leek and Celery Root Soup with Fresh Crabmeat and Dill far more luxurious than its 2.9 grams of fat would indicate. Nutritional analyses follow each recipe; it's encouraging to note that cooks need not cut out potatoes, pasta, legumes, rice or cheese to achieve dietetic acceptability. After an introduction to making stocks, the book moves on to recipes that incorporate beans, seafood and chicken, to assorted ethnic and seasonal soups, finishing with refreshing fruit combinations (Honeydew and Lime Soup, for example). These diet-friendly selections should be just the ticket for post-holiday calorie counters. Photos not seen by PW.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Saved by Soup,
By A Customer
This review is from: Saved By Soup (Hardcover)
This is a lovely little book. Full of recipes that are easy to make and taste fabulous. We try a new soup from this book at least once a month, and we make Pasta e Fagioli almost every week. The only down side, for those on specialized diets, is that the nutritional information is limited to calories and grams of fat only.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great soup book,
By head2toe (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Saved By Soup (Hardcover)
I read reviews before I purchase books so I thought I'd add my praise now that I have had this book for some time.I have made a ton of soups from the book and they are all very good. What I love about the recipes is that the ingredient list is usually not that daunting. The recipes are based on high-quality ingredients cooked to make a fabulously tasty and healthy soup. Simplicity at its best. For what it is worth, I recommend the following recipes: Noelle's Soup of Winter Squash and Roasted Red Peppers (to die for!), Creamy Carrot Soup (sinfully creamy without the fat due to rice) and Roasted Beet Borscht (not authentic but easy and tasty).
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best cookbook purchase I've ever made,
By A Customer
This review is from: Saved By Soup (Hardcover)
This is by far my favorite cookbook. I am actually not much of a cook (though I have lots of cookbooks-go figure!) but I use this one all the time. I've made about a dozen of the soups and I've loved them all. The recipes are easy, delicious and simple to follow.
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