Have You Got the Scoop on ‘Soup’?

The cool winter nights have finally hit and those familiar winter cravings are starting to surface. You are trying very hard to resist your temptations but the food desires are strong…sound familiar? We could start a list of food temptations to see if we have nailed your thoughts, but let’s face it, we are all individuals with very personal tastes. However one common thread for many is the yearning for something hot!

Stay health focused and add your favourite ingredients this weekend to a sensational pot of warming soup, the sky really is the limit when it comes to what flavour direction you take. Soup not only warms you, it can provide an array of nourishing nutrition, diminishes high energy food cravings and adds the much needed warmth to your meal that is often desired in winter. Even better news is that research from Dr Barbara Rolls, Professor of Nutrition at Pennsylvania State University, revealed that consuming soup improves satiety or otherwise known as the feeling of fullness. People who had soup as their first course in a meal consumed on average 400 fewer kilojoules in that meal compared to those who didn’t start with soup.

So make up a big pot today – it’s a great healthy snack. Try some of our yummy winter soup recipes in our healthy recipe section.