A Quick & Easy Low Carb Lunch!
Threw together a quick and easy lunch today that goes along with my new eating plan of focusing on just one type of body fuel in each meal -- fat (low carb) OR glucose (good carb). Today's lunch falls in the Low Carb category OR as in the Trim Healthy Mama lingo, it's an "S" meal for Satisfying Meal. Definitely was that.
I went to my Thrive Home Store and pulled out Freeze Dried Cauliflower, FD Onions, FD Cheddar Cheese, Thrive Chicken Bouillon and Peppercorn Blend. Seasoned it up with some garlic, Bragg's Nutritional Yeast (you could use Parmesan Cheese) and Bragg's Liquid Aminos. Bragg's products can be found in a lot of grocery stores, health food stores, or order it online. You can season this soup up any way you want. I used a couple ounces of lite cream cheese to "smooth" it out and a few shakes of Glucomannan Powder to thicken it up. 
Do you know what Glucomannan Powder is? It's a white powder that comes from the konjac root and looks like corn starch. It is used to thicken gravies, puddings, sauces or soups -- really anything you want to thicken. It is a soluble fiber that slows glucose absorption and lowers the glycemic index of a meal. Glucomannan has ZERO carbs, ZERO calories, ZERO taste and blends into recipes really well. It does not have to be heated to thicken liquids but it is more potent with heat. It also has about 10 times the thickening power of cornstarch, so you don't need much. I put mine in a salt shaker and just sprinkle it in. I've just started to experiment with Glucomannan Powder and it did a wonderful job in this Loaded Cauliflower Cheese Soup, with just 3-4 shakes. Click here to read more . . .
Now back to lunch and my new recipe --
I made this soup in my Vitamix Blender and it was a snap. But it would be very easy to do in a sauce pan and food processor or blender. I've given directions for both.
by Kay Curtiss
FD – Freeze DriedProduct numbers are for Thrive Pantry Size except Seasonings
Trim Healthy Mama (THM) Rating – "S" Meal
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups Thrive FD Cauliflower (#22222)
2 Tablespoons Thrive FD Onion (#22227)
1/4 cup Thrive FD Cheddar Cheese (#22440)
1/4 teaspoon Thrive Peppercorn Blend (#23629)
1 teaspoon minced Garlic
1 Tablespoon Bragg's Nutritional Yeast or Parmesan Cheese
1 teaspoon Bragg's Liquid Aminos, optional
2 cups water
2 teaspoons Thrive Chicken Bouillon (#22663)
2 ounces Lite Cream Cheese
Glucomannan Powder in shaker bottle to thicken, if desired, optional
Garnish for each bowl:
1 Tablespoon Thrive Bacon TVP (#22557) or Bacon Bits
1 Tablespoon Thrive FD Green Onions (#22244)
1 Tablespoon Thrive FD Cheddar Cheese (#22440)
Vitamix instructions:
Combine all ingredients except for cream cheese and blend on Soup setting. When blue light is blinking at the end of the cycle, drop in cream cheese to melt and blend. Add 3 - 4 shakes of Glucomannan Powder to thicken to desired consistency (optional). Adjust seasonings to your taste.
Saucepan instructions:
Combine all ingredients except for cream cheese and simmer 10-15 minutes. Pour soup into blender or food processor and blend until smooth. Add cream cheese and blend until melted and smooth. Add 3-4 shakes of Glucomannan Powder to thicken to desired consistency (optional).
Pour into 3 bowls and garnish as desired.
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