The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[Laramedifast]

this made my chili sooo good!
I got some "carb option" (actually it's Heinz but low carb) and put 1 Tbsp in my chili as it cooked. adds only 5 cals and 1 carb!
lara

[kassilou]

My mom told me she added some beef boullion to her chili and that made it much better, too.

Any ideas of how to goose up the cream of tomato soup? That one she doesn't like!

[Laramedifast]

the chili is so easy to doctor. I always add a little chili seasoning and beef boullian (with 8 oz water or it's too salty for me) and now that bit of low carb ketchup. Does she like tomato stuff? she could always try the ketchup in the creamy tomato. I haven't tried any of the creamy soups as I'm afraid I won't like them either! how about a little milk or cream in the soup? just a thought. i know we're allowed the milk...

[Mrsshrinkinglady]

I thought milk was a NO-NO on MF, but that is just what I do. Someone with more expertise may come along to answer this.
I would double check however before I added dairy to anything.
Shrink aka Mary

[raederle]

I think that a "snort" of milk in your morning coffee is MF legal, but only in small amounts. If you have a half a cup of milk in your coffee, or 8 cups a day, the milk would quickly add up to a big problem! So I would guess that a smidgen of milk (maybe 1 - 2 oz?) in the soup would be okay, but if you find you need a lot of it to make the soup taste good, you should probably steer clear of it for now.

Nancy's away for a few days, so maybe she'll chime in with some ideas when she gets back... in the mean time, maybe using less water would help (5 - 6 oz?), and adding some chopped sundried tomatoes (not the oil-packed kind, the dehydrated ones that come in a bag) and some salsa? Maybe a squirt of that new, fresh basil-in-a-tube that's now in grocery stores would be yummy, too-- it'd be like a sundried-tomato-basil soup.

[Nancy]

I would avoid the milk, Kids. A small amount for coffee is permitted so if you put your coffee allotment into your soup that's probably going to be fine.

The Creamy Tomato Soup is good with Worcestershire sauce, oregano, and onion flakes.
I have also used Italian Seasoning.

I have mixed it with lime juice and some salsa, chili powder and cumin.

I have prepared the Creamy Tomato Soup and then sprinkled it with parsley and some Butter Buds or Molly McButter. I crunched up a bag of Multi-grain crackers and stirred that in and it tasted just like the kind my Grammy used to make for me when I did a sleep-over as a kid.

I use Frank’s Hot Sauce or Tabasco on just about everything – well, it’s not so hot added to a Dutch Chocolate shake…search around – use the little search button up there because I know there are other ideas for the Creamy Tomato soup.

The key to the soups is cooking them properly. The Chicken Noodle, Chicken with Wild Rice, the Homestyle Chili, the Minestrone are really best when slowly simmered on the stove top as it allows the flavors to develop and the vegetables and meat to reconstitute but we don’t always take the time or have the inclination to dirty up a pan! If you don’t want to take the time to simmer your soups on the stovetop, then mix it up the night before or in the morning so it can soak and the veggies and meat can come back to life then nuke it, let it rest for a few minutes and re-nuke.

The creamy soups are best when placed into a cup or bowl and some cool water is whisked into it, to make a smooth paste. Then I add some warmer water to get the consistency I like and then radiate it in the nuclear box but never allow it to boil or you end up with a wonky soy blob that sticks in your craw and honks you off because you wasted your time, your $ and your lunch.