Turbo Atkins Diet Soup

Ingredients

• Bacon

  Pork, cured, cooked, pan-fried

  4 strip cooked or 32g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  1 tbsp or 14g

• Onions

  Raw

  1 cup, chopped or 160g

• Garlic

  Raw

  1 tbsp or 9g

• Mushrooms

  Oyster, raw

  1 cup sliced or 86g

• Chicken stock

  Soup, home-prepared

  8 cup or 1.92kg

• Water

  Plain, clean water

  3 cup or 710g

• Cauliflower

  Raw

  2 cup chopped, or 214g

• Chicken breast

  Broilers or fryers, meat only, cooked, stewed

  4 cup, chopped or diced or 560g

• Squash

  Summer, all varieties, raw

  2 cup, sliced or 226g

• Green beans

  Snap beans, raw

  1 cup, pieces or 100g

• Collards

  Raw

  4 cup, chopped or 144g

• Red wine vinegar

  2 tbsp or 30g

• Basil

  Fresh

  1 cup leaves, whole or 24g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

Directions

1. In a large soup pot, cook the bacon and olive oil over medium heat for 2 minutes.
2. Add the onions, garlic, sundried tomatoes, and mushrooms. Cook for 5 minutes.
3. Pour in the chicken stock and water, then add the celery root and chicken. Simmer for 15 minutes.
4. Add the squash, green beans, and swiss chard or collards and simmer for 10 minutes.
5. Add the red wine vinegar and season with salt and pepper to taste.
6. Stir in the fresh basil just before serving.