I don’t know about you but I’ve put on a few pounds. I love food. Eating it, cooking it, just smelling food makes me happy. Anyway, remember The Cabbage Soup Diet from years ago? Well, I brought it back from the “dark ages” put a fresh new spin on it, roasted it, seasoned it, and brought it back to life again. So, if you want to drop some weight fast, this soup (and the diet plan below) is a healthy, simple way to get started. I love it and I hope you love it too.

*You’ll want to print several copies of  The NEW Cabbage Soup Diet to share with friends and family. Make extra, freeze some and remember, you may eat as much of this healthy soup as you want!

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The Cabbage Soup Diet

Seven helpful tips:

1. Follow the diet below (optional).
2. Keep in mind that it’s only seven days.
3. Drink 4 glasses of water and green tea per day.
4. Complement the diet with a good multivitamin tablet.
5. Print the information on this site so you can refer to it daily.
6. Eat plenty of soup, as much as you want. Don’t starve yourself or you may cheat.
7. Try different spices like curry or hot sauce to liven up the soup and add variety.

Ingredients:

• 1 cabbage sliced, cored and chopped
• 2 cups carrots baby or chopped
• 2 cups celery include the leaves, chopped
• 2 cups mushrooms any kind, sliced
• 2 cups tomatoes fresh or canned, chopped
• 2 large red and/or green peppers, chopped
• 2 onions chopped or sub. a bunch of scallions
• 1 bunch broccoli or cauliflower chopped (optional)
• 2-3 zucchini chopped
• 4 clove garlic chopped
• 1 box chicken stock 32 oz.
• 1 bottle V8 Juice 64 oz.
• sea salt & pepper to taste
• 2-3 tbs. of parsley for cooking and garnish.
• seasoning choices: turmeric, red pepper flakes, basil, oregano, thyme, bay leaf
• fresh herbs (optional): sage, rosemary, thyme, cilantro, basil, dill, tarragon. Use your favorites.
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 lemon

Directions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 425 degrees. Chop all of your vegetables and place in a single layer in a large baking sheet. Add your fresh herbs, seasonings and olive oil. Roast for 15-20 minutes, stirring 2-3 times. This method gives fabulous flavor.
2. Place your roasted veggies in a large soup pot and add chicken stock and V8 juice, bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 15-20 min.
3. Enjoy!

The Diet: Day One: Fruit: Eat all of the fruit you want (except bananas). Eat only your soup and the fruit for the first day. For drinks - unsweetened coffee, green tea, cranberry juice and lots of water.

Day Two: Vegetables: Eat until you are full, all fresh, raw or cooked vegetables of your choice. Try to eat salads with spinach and other green vegetables and if you can, stay away from starches like white potatoes, pasta, dry beans, peas and corn. Eat all the vegetables you want along with your soup. Don’t eat fruit today.

Day Three: Mix Days One and Two: Eat all the soup, fruits and vegetables you want.

Day Four: Bananas and Skim Milk: Eat as many as six-eight bananas and drink as many glasses of skim milk as you would like on this day, along with your soup. This day is supposed to lessen your desire for sweets. Eat your soup and drink plenty green tea.

Day Five: Fish, chicken, beef and tomatoes: Ten to twenty ounces of baked or broiled protein from meat, fish or seafood and up to six fresh tomatoes. Drink at least 6 to 8 glasses of water this day to wash the uric acid from your body. Drink lots of green tea. Eat plenty of cabbage soup.

Day Six: Protein and Vegetables: Eat to your heart’s content of the protein and vegetables today, with leafy green vegetables. Drink green tea. Eat your soup!

Day Seven: Brown or wild rice, unsweetened fruit juices, green tea and vegetables: Be sure to eat plenty of soup.

PS. Interestingly enough, The cabbage soup diet is sometimes referred to as the “Mayo Clinic Diet”, and/or the “Sacred Heart Hospital Diet”. May be true, but I can’t say for sure.

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