Kane's Kitchen - 10th May 2011 - Negative Calorie Vegetable Soup

This soup is perfect for the cold of winter and, as a bonus, you can eat as much as you like of it with no consequence! The energy your body will use to digest this soup is greater than energy contained in all of the ingredients.

Negative Calorie Vegetable Soup




Serves: 6, with leftovers
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: up to 2 hours




What You’ll Need:

• 2 litres of beef/chicken/vegetable stock
• 1 400g can chopped tomatoes
• 1 400g can green beans
• 1 carrot, roughly chopped
• 2 sticks celery, chopped
• 1 onion, diced
• 3 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 packet French onion soup
• 2 bay leaves
• Handful of fresh basil or thyme
• Handful of dried porcini mushrooms
• Salt and pepper to taste

What You’ll Need To Do:

1. Soak the dried porcini mushrooms in about 200ml hot water for 15 minutes. 
2. Saute the garlic, onion and celery for 2 minutes. Place in large saucepan.
3. Add all other ingredients and bring to the boil, including the porcini mushrooms and the water that they were soaked in.
4. Simmer, covered, for at least one hour and up to two hours.
5. Test for seasoning and add more salt/pepper/herbs if desired.