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0 Point Weight Watchers Soup
Soups have always been popular dieting foods, and there are even diets built around soups, such as the short-term Cabbage Soup Diet. For people on Weight Watchers diet, soups are popular because they are low in Weight Watchers points, but are great for quick and easy nourishment throughout the day. As for 0 point Weight Watchers foods, many vegetables themselves are either zero on the points scale or they're rounded to zero. However, for foods that have a Weight Watchers point value, even these foods add up when eaten in larger amounts. Therefore, to get to the zero point value for this popular Weight Watchers soup, you may have to reduce serving size to keep the total point value within zero (after rounding). For converting nutritional facts in the soup into points for this soup, you can use a freeware called PC Points Calculator, version 3.1. (downloadable from users.dcr.net/~chefling/ww/wwtools.html) With this freeware, you can calculate Weight Watchers points, including Winning Points, 123 Success Points, International Basic Points, and International Pure Points. The calculations for the 0 point Weight Watchers soup below can based, for example, on Winning Points calculations. To get the nutritional facts for the ingredients, you can use an online database that lists nutritional values for the products, located at calorieking.com. The calculator does not accept fractional nutrition values (for calories, dietary fiber, or fat), so you can round the numbers used in calculations to the closest full number. 0 Point Weight Watchers Soup Recipe - Weight Watchers Garden Vegetable Soup2/3 cup sliced carrot How to prepare the Garden Vegetable Soup: In a saucepan, use nonstick cooking spray, saute carrot, onion, and garlic over low heat until softened (about 5 minutes). Add broth, cabbage, beans, tomato paste, basil, oregano, and salt. Bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer, covered about 15 minutes or until beans are tender. Stir in the zucchini and heat about 3-4 minutes.
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