This article explores a flavorful and effective crockpot cabbage soup recipe designed to aid in weight loss. Packed with vegetables, fiber, and satisfying ingredients, this soup is a healthy and easy way to incorporate more nutrients into your diet.
Introduction
The crockpot cabbage soup recipe is a delicious, flavorful, and satisfying meal packed with vegetables and fiber. It’s an easy and healthy dinner idea made with nutritious ingredients. It is a healthy soup that can be a part of any diet plan. This detox soup is known as the cabbage soup diet and can cause weight loss.
Key Ingredients and Their Benefits
This soup is loaded with fresh vegetables. It’s high in flavor, yet naturally low in fat and calories! This nutritional soup can be easily made in an instant pot, slow cooker, or on the stove. The beauty of slow cooker recipes is that they make a lot, so you’re bound to have leftovers.
- Cabbage: A cruciferous vegetable low in calories and high in fiber, aiding in digestion and promoting a feeling of fullness.
- Celery, Onion, and Green Beans: These vegetables add a depth of flavor while providing essential vitamins and minerals.
- Bell Pepper, Zucchini, and Carrots: These colorful additions contribute to the soup's nutritional profile, offering vitamins A and C, as well as antioxidants.
- Diced Tomatoes and Tomato Paste: These provide a flavorful base and add essential nutrients like lycopene.
- Italian Seasoning, Garlic, Salt, and Pepper: These seasonings enhance the soup's taste without adding extra calories.
- Broth: Nonfat vegetable broth, beef broth, or chicken broth can be used as a flavorful and low-calorie base.
Preparing the Crockpot Cabbage Soup
This easy cabbage soup recipe is so simple to make! Chopping all the vegetables may take a few extra minutes, but it is worth the flavor and deliciousness as it effortlessly simmers in your slow cooker all day. Crock pot cabbage soup is a dump-and-go soup so the slow cooker does all the work! Take your time slowly cooking this on low for 8 hours or speed it up to have dinner in less than 4 hours by cooking it on high! You can also cook it on the stove top in a large dutch oven over medium-high heat for about 30 minutes or until all vegetables are tender.
Step-by-Step Instructions
- Chop and Prepare: Place all of the chopped vegetables (celery, onion, green cabbage, green beans, bell pepper, zucchini, and carrots) in the bottom of the slow cooker base. Cut and chop all the vegetables evenly to help them cook together. Adding in fresh healthy vegetables, this hearty cabbage soup is great to get all your daily vegetables in one meal.
- Tomatoes and Seasoning: Add in the diced tomatoes and tomato paste. Next sprinkle the Italian seasoning, garlic, salt, and pepper over the vegetables.
- Cook Time: Pour in the broth. Cook on high for 4-5 hours or on low for 7-8 hours, or until the vegetables are tender.
- Serve: Add more salt and pepper to taste.
Alternative Cooking Methods
- Stovetop: You can make this in a large stockpot on the stove. Simply cook the onion, carrot, and celery in a little olive oil until slightly tender. Add the garlic and cook 1 minute more. Stir in the tomato paste and broth. Bring to a simmer and add zucchini, red pepper, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Simmer 30 minutes, or until the veggies are tender.
- Instant Pot: Heat Instant Pot to SAUTE and heat olive oil. Add onion, carrots and celery and cook, until softened, 5 -7 minutes. Add remaining vegetables, broth, bay leaf, spices and salt and pepper. Cook on HIGH pressure for 4 minutes. Note: This soup cooks in just 4-minutes in the Instant Pot. However, for timing purposes, you do need to take into consideration the amount of time it takes for the pressure to build, about 15 minutes.
Customizing Your Cabbage Soup
Create the best cabbage soup you love with these additions. You can absolutely substitute vegetables with this easy soup recipe as long as you end up with a total 8 cups of vegetables.
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- Vegetables: You can absolutely substitute vegetables with this soup, however, you want to end up with about 8 cups of vegetables. I like to avoid starchy vegetables, like potatoes… however you can definitely add them in.
- Broth: Vegetable, beef stock, or chicken broth all taste great in this recipe. You can also add in a can of V-8, tomato juice or tomato sauce to thicken it up and add flavor. Vegetable, beef, or chicken broth all taste great in this recipe.
- Beans: Sometimes I’ll add in a can of kidney beans or white beans as well to make it go a little further. Sometimes I’ll add in a can of kidney or northwestern beans as well to make it go a little further.
- Meat: There’s nothing stopping you from adding in some cooked ground beef, Italian sausage or shredded chicken to thicken the consistency.
- Spice: If you like heat, sprinkle in some red pepper flakes, cayenne pepper, taco seasoning or a little bit of chili powder. You can also use fire-roasted diced tomatoes for an extra kick. If you like heat, sprinkle in some red pepper flakes, cayenne, taco seasoning or a little bit of chili powder.
- Fresh herbs: Right before serving add some garnishes such as fresh parsley, dill or basil and a squeeze of lemon juice for a pop of bright flavor!
Storing and Reheating
The beauty of slow cooker recipes is that they make a lot, so you’re bound to have leftovers. This soup makes a great lunch the next day or freezer meal for a busy weeknight. It will stay fresh in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 4 days. It can also be frozen for up to 3 months in freezer-safe containers. Thaw before reheating, then enjoy!
- Freezing: Store in an airtight container in the freezer up to 3 months.
The Cabbage Soup Diet and Weight Loss
This soup is also called cabbage fat burning soup, wonder soup, weight loss soup, miracle soup, and weight watcher soup. It is a healthy soup that can be a part of any diet plan. This detox soup is known as the cabbage soup diet and can cause weight loss. The original cabbage soup diet allows you to eat all of the cabbage soup you like in addition to adding certain foods on specific days throughout the week. Most people lose between 5-10 pounds during the 7-day cabbage soup diet. However, everyone is different.
How to Incorporate Cabbage Soup for Weight Loss
I like to enjoy a cup of this Weight Loss Soup for lunch, again for an afternoon snack, and again for dinner with a bit of lean protein on the side.
Additional Tips and Considerations
- Avoiding Starchy Vegetables: I like to avoid starchy vegetables, like potatoes, but you can definitely add them in to make it heartier.
- Do you remove the outer layer of cabbage?: Yes! It is best to remove the outer layer of fresh cabbage before chopping. The outer layer of a head of cabbage is usually used in salads or coleslaw.
- Can you overcook cabbage soup?: Yes, you can! This slow cooker cabbage soup does not need to be cooked too long. The cabbage will become limp and smell unpleasant.
Other Healthy Soup Recipes
Are you looking for more slow cooker recipes?! Try this favorite chicken enchilada soup, classic enchilada chicken soup, or this slow cooker turkey chili that is a delicious twist!
- Detox Crockpot Lentil Soup: This soup is jam-packed with so many wholesome, feel-good ingredients. This is called Detox Crockpot Lentil Soup, which means nothing scientifically as you’ll notice that my bowl of DETOX soup is topped with a few thick chunks of Parmesan cheese and served with that addicting crusty-warm bread.
- Weight Watcher’s Vegetable Soup: Weight Watcher’s Vegetable Soup is one of the top recipes I’ve used to lose a lot of weight fast… and in a healthy way. Packed full of vegetables, this soup is 0 Weight Watcher points!
Recipe Variations
Want to switch this Instant Pot Weight Loss Soup recipe up a bit?
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- Add pasta: If you’re not looking for the weight loss properties of this soup, but still want to enjoy this amazing vegetable soup, you could bulk it up with a can of kidney beans or some ditalini pasta. If you’re using pasta, just add a cup of it to the instant pot before you seal it and cook it for 5 minutes instead of 4 minutes. Or, simmer it on the stove in your soup for about 10 minutes.
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