Thursday, September 3, 2009

New Recipe - Zoned Minestrone soup

Here is a delicious recipe I came up with. I wanted to make some minestrone soup that would make 3-4 servings for Kelsa and I. I also wanted it to be in the correct Zone proportions (9 grams carbs, 7 grams protein, 1.5 g fat x 3-4 for women and 4-5 for men in each meal)

Here it is:

Ingredients:
4 c chicken broth
1 tube (16 oz) italian flavored ground turkey - browned (12 blocks protein)
1 c sliced carrots (1 block carbs)
2 c sliced celery (1 carb)
1 1/2 c diced onion (1 carb)
2 c diced zucchini(1 carb)
1/2 c chick peas (2 carb)
2/3 c tomato sauce (1 carb)
2 cans diced tomatoes (1 with jalapeno chilis and one regular) (3 carb)
1/2 c kidney beans (2 carb)
1 tsp minced garlic
Italian seasoning to taste
1 cup coarsely chopped spinach leaves
Parmesian cheese optional

Instructions:
Brown turkey. Saute onions, celery, carrots and garlic in a large pam coated sauce pan. When onion is translucent, add broth and remaining ingredients. Bring to boil and reduce heat to a simmer for 10-15 minutes. In the last 2 minutes add the spinach. Add parmesian cheese if desired.

Enjoy. This makes 12 blocks of zone meals, so 3 x 4 block meals.

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