Chicken Soup Diet

Chicken Soup Diet is a seven day diet program that permits the individuals on this diet to eat one of the five approved breakfasts every day and as much chicken soup as desired. After breakfast, the soup is the only food allowed to be consumed until the next morning.

Chicken Soup Diet Recipe

Below is the most common recipe of the soup. This recipe is can serve approximately 26 cups.

• 16 cups of reduced stout, low sodium chicken broth
• 7 (5 oz.) cans of chicken or 1 1/2 pound (5 cups) cooked fresh chicken
• 1 bag (16 oz.) frozen carrots
• 1 box (10 oz.) frozen broccoli florets
• 1 box (10 oz.) frozen chopped collard greens
• 1 1/2 cups frozen chopped onions
• 1/4 cup of lemon juice
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh dill or 1 tablespoon dried dill
• 2 tablespoons of oil (olive oil is recommended)
• 4 parsnips (about 1 pound) cut into 1/2 inch pieces
• 4 ribs of celery
• 1 turnip (about 3/4 of a pound) cut into 1/2 inch pieces
• 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
• 1 tablespoon of chopped garlic
• 2 teaspoons of salt
• 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper

Heat the oil over medium heat in a large soup pot. Add garlic, cayenne pepper, salt, parsnips, jalapeno, celery and turnip. Cook these for approximately 15 minutes until the vegetables are tender but still crisp. Add carrots, broccoli, collard green, chicken broth, onions, and lemon juice. Let it boil and reduce the heat.  Allow the soup to simmer for 5 minutes.

For the breakfast, each specified breakfast must be followed once for the first 5 days then on the 6th and 7^th day, they can choose one of the five breakfasts. The breakfasts are:

• Breakfast 1: eat 1 cup of nonfat vanilla yogurt and a half cup of fruit salad with wheat germ.
• Breakfast 2: eat 1 cup of ricotta cheese mixed with a half teaspoon of sugar and a dash of cinnamon or 2 pieces of toasted whole-grain bread and three dried figs.
• Breakfast 3:  eat 1 and a half cups of Total brand cereal with a half cup of nonfat milk and a half cup of orange juice enriched with calcium.
• Breakfast 4: eat 1 small whole-wheat bagel topped with an ounce of melted stout-free cheddar cheese and a half cup of nonfat milk.
• Breakfast 5: eat 1 and a half cups of cooked Wheatena brand cereal with a half cup of nonfat milk.

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