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Soup as a meal? Following on from another post

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hidingbehindascreen · 09/02/2023 05:56

Just that really.
There seems to be very conflicting thoughts on soup as an evening meal.
We quite often have soup, with hotdogs, burgers (yep you read that right, thanks mum Smile) or toasties.....

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Ricco12 · 09/02/2023 08:17

SomePosters · 09/02/2023 08:05

Im a science student and have been studying nutrition and body processes this year.

Your ideas are just that, ideas. I know you haven’t based them in fact because if you’d been within a mile of the facts your wouldn’t spout such rubbish with such confidence.

Tinned soup isn’t making anybody fat. It’s mostly water.

People can get just as fat on homemade food if they eat over large portions and don’t burn the calories.

While many men feign incompetence most are in fact perfectly capable and attitudes like yours do neither men nor women any favours

Well actually this isn't true ... I've been doing a lot of studying on nutrition recently

Canned soup is high salt and a 2015 study in Hypertensionn^ analyzed a 4-day diet diary and urinary sodium levels in more than 1,000 children and adults and found high sodium diets to be a potential risk factor for obesity independent of energy intake. Researchers discovered that higher salt intake was associated with more than a 25% increase in risk of obesity and was related to higher body fat mass.

So although it's not fattening it's self it absolutely can lead to weight gain.

hryllilegur · 09/02/2023 08:17

hidingbehindascreen · 09/02/2023 08:11

@Armless32

Suddenly realised where I'm going wrong... I do in fact need to be a SAHM, with a nanny so I can ride my horse when I like, and who rarely expects my DH to 'babysit' his own children

There we go, once I've done that, I'll never have to open a tin again (cos the nanny will have the tin opener)!!

Frankly, I think the nanny money would be better used on a housekeeper/cook/babysitter when required.

That way you can devote your time to being the perfect ‘full time mummy’. All that homemade bread will make all the difference to your children’s lives.

and still armless will not be happy. 🤣

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hryllilegur · 09/02/2023 08:19

I love a bit of hubris…

IHeartGeneHunt · 09/02/2023 08:19

Wilfully ignoring the salt drama here
@GorgeousLadyofWrestling that soup looks amazing, it's on my weekend shopping list!

ichundich · 09/02/2023 08:22

Soup is not a meal for me unless it has lots of chunky things in it, e g. Minestrone or chicken and noodle soup. I think I read somewhere that the body feels less full from blended soup; our brain needs bits to conclude that we're eating something. Thats definitely true for me.

Ricco12 · 09/02/2023 08:24

Thread seems to of derailed

Tinned Soup - Not a healthy nutritious meal due to being ultra processed. But convenient like hot dogs etc. ok occasionally but you wouldn't want to eat regularly

Home made soup - nutritious meal.

Surely that clears it up Confused

lifeinthehills · 09/02/2023 08:24

I have to agree with tinned soup and sodium levels. Homemade soup, with fresh ingredients, is much better, but if you use commercial stocks, they can be high in sodium too.

Here's a filling soup (with bread on the side) that has no added sodium (other than what you put in): One whole chicken (I remove the skin), bones in. Put it in a pot, add diced carrot, diced celery, diced onion, parsley. Cover with water for two hours. The chicken with bones makes its own stock. At the end, remove the chicken, pull off the meat, dice it and put it back into the soup. Season.

My kids LOVE that and cheer when I make it. The meat makes it filling, as does the bread.

BellePeppa · 09/02/2023 08:25

BethDuttonsTwin · 09/02/2023 07:47

Soup is not a dinner. No matter how homemade/yummy/substantial. I’d find it quite miserable to come home hungry and be offered that.

Someone is offering you a ‘yummy’ homemade soup when you get home (so you’ve not cooked it yourself) and you’d find it a miserable offering? Hopefully no one is wasting their time making you food for your return home.

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hidingbehindascreen · 09/02/2023 08:25

@hryllilegur

You are of course correct. I absolutely should not waste good nanny money on anything but the best for my precious children.

In fact, I might also pay for someone to have sex with my husband so I can devote ALL my time to the little poppers.... shoot, guess I'll keep the nanny SmileSmileSmile

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Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 09/02/2023 08:26

ichundich · 09/02/2023 08:22

Soup is not a meal for me unless it has lots of chunky things in it, e g. Minestrone or chicken and noodle soup. I think I read somewhere that the body feels less full from blended soup; our brain needs bits to conclude that we're eating something. Thats definitely true for me.

I dimly recall from a TV programme following a group of dieters (possibly the Tom Kerridge one) that partial blending does the job too. My husband doesn't much like broth type soups so I often partially blend some of my soup for him. Unblended broth works fine for me.

Anybody got a good recipe for celeriac soup? I have one to use up.

lifeinthehills · 09/02/2023 08:26

lifeinthehills · 09/02/2023 08:24

I have to agree with tinned soup and sodium levels. Homemade soup, with fresh ingredients, is much better, but if you use commercial stocks, they can be high in sodium too.

Here's a filling soup (with bread on the side) that has no added sodium (other than what you put in): One whole chicken (I remove the skin), bones in. Put it in a pot, add diced carrot, diced celery, diced onion, parsley. Cover with water for two hours. The chicken with bones makes its own stock. At the end, remove the chicken, pull off the meat, dice it and put it back into the soup. Season.

My kids LOVE that and cheer when I make it. The meat makes it filling, as does the bread.

I forgot - it needs garlic added. It's never the same without garlic!

CloudPop · 09/02/2023 08:27

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Oh give it a rest.

BellePeppa · 09/02/2023 08:27

lifeinthehills · 09/02/2023 08:24

I have to agree with tinned soup and sodium levels. Homemade soup, with fresh ingredients, is much better, but if you use commercial stocks, they can be high in sodium too.

Here's a filling soup (with bread on the side) that has no added sodium (other than what you put in): One whole chicken (I remove the skin), bones in. Put it in a pot, add diced carrot, diced celery, diced onion, parsley. Cover with water for two hours. The chicken with bones makes its own stock. At the end, remove the chicken, pull off the meat, dice it and put it back into the soup. Season.

My kids LOVE that and cheer when I make it. The meat makes it filling, as does the bread.

I do a similar soup but add small pasta shapes to it (and sometimes diced potato) which makes it even more substantial. My kids always liked having that and still ask for it now they’re grown up.

BarrelOfOtters · 09/02/2023 08:29

I’m feeling slightly sad that non one has ever cheered one on my meals 😞

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hidingbehindascreen · 09/02/2023 08:30

BarrelOfOtters · 09/02/2023 08:29

I’m feeling slightly sad that non one has ever cheered one on my meals 😞

I'm sure that's because they are too busy eating them!

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lifeinthehills · 09/02/2023 08:30

BarrelOfOtters · 09/02/2023 08:29

I’m feeling slightly sad that non one has ever cheered one on my meals 😞

Awww, I'm sure your meals are great. Maybe your kids just aren't cheerers?

I made butter chicken from scratch last night. The kids asked for it.

Nosleepforthismum · 09/02/2023 08:32

I love homemade soup and make it regularly but I’m not sure mine is loads healthier than a shop bought one. If I’m making a big pot, it’ll need at least 3 stock pots and a fair bit of seasoning for the flavours to come through. I absolutely love it though and there is always a pot of soup on the go at home.

OriGanOver · 09/02/2023 08:33

Home-made soup with toasties is definitely an evening meal. No wonder so many people are over weight.

FunnyItWorkedLastTime · 09/02/2023 08:37

I love a homemade soup, and the occasional store bought one won't do anyone any harm.

There is however no completely safe dose for tinned hotdogs, which are literally carcinogenic and should be kept to a minimum.

Pixiedust1234 · 09/02/2023 08:39

hidingbehindascreen · 09/02/2023 08:02

Not sure where they are finding the time with all the home cooking they must have to do!

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Ignore them OP. Once they get to this stage of purity and scolding you have to imagine them as a twenty yr old male in their grubby underpants trying to twist words to shame women. Its a thing apparently.

For me soup is more of a lunch rather than dinner type meal. I don't find it satisfying for long but heyho, still yummy Grin

YetAnotherSpartacus · 09/02/2023 08:40

Home made soup and bread is a meal. A crappy can of soup isn’t and if as a Mummy your children are eating supermarket canned soup or hot dogs every night I think it’s a fail. And they’ll get fat and full of salt to their hair

I'm just here for the amusement value of armless' asinine and yet misogynistic comments.

I don't have an opinion on soup.

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hidingbehindascreen · 09/02/2023 08:43

YetAnotherSpartacus · 09/02/2023 08:40

Home made soup and bread is a meal. A crappy can of soup isn’t and if as a Mummy your children are eating supermarket canned soup or hot dogs every night I think it’s a fail. And they’ll get fat and full of salt to their hair

I'm just here for the amusement value of armless' asinine and yet misogynistic comments.

I don't have an opinion on soup.

Keep reading, it's golden!

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Badbudgeter · 09/02/2023 08:46

I always think soup is a lunchtime meal. A couple of days a week work serves food to corporate guests and there’s always left over soup in the soup kettle. A big mug will keep me going till dinner.

WhoNeedsSleepNotISaidMyBody · 09/02/2023 08:52

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@Armless32

Look, I don't mean to upset, but your posts are incredibly irritating & littered with mistakes, perhaps instead of patronising & goading on here, you could work on your own shortcomings?