Tip for Losing Weight without Diet, Cooking soups

Add a Broth based soup at the beginning of the meal for dinner or as the main part of lunch. You'll fill up on much fewer calories. You can heat up a can of prepared low salt or even better make from scratch in your stainless steel cookware in minutes. The multiple element bottoms of quality stainless steel pots allow even heating and quicker cooking time. Think about minestrone, tortilla or Chinese won ton soup for some ideas.
Soup at the beginning of the meal slows your eating and curbs your appetite. You can start with a low sodium broth and add fresh or frozen vegetables along with maybe pepper and spices to your liking. Simmer them in a stainless steel pot 20-30 minutes. Avoid creamy soups which are high in fats and calories(except of course for an occassional splurge). Enjoy life!
ideas adapted from emedicinehealth

Sopa de Tortilla or Tortilla Soup
Ingredients:
12 one day old tortillas
1/4 cup corn oil or olive oil
1/8 cup oil
2 cloves garlic pressed or finely chopped
4 tomatoes skinned, seeded and groung
6 cups chicken stock or broth low salt
2 sprigs epazote
lightly salt
10 oz mild white cheese, crumbled
6 chiles pasilla, fried and chopped

Use scissors to cut the tortilla into pencil-thin strips. Put them on a flat surface and let them dry for about 30 minutes in a warm place. Then fry them in 1/4 cup of corn or olive oil in a stainless steel frying pan until they are brown. Drain.

Lightly fry the onion and garlic in 1/8 cup of corn or olive oil in a stainless steel cookware pot. Add the tomatoes, and stir constantly until the ingredients from a thick paste. Add the stock or broth and epazote. Cover and simmer over a low heat. Add salt to taste, strain but keep the liquid hot.
Line the bottoms of hot soup bowls with the tortilla strips. Then pour the soup into the bowls or mugs and sprinkle cheese and chopped chile on the soup. Serve immediately.
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