Vegetable soup with minced meat

This is very tasty soup that will warm you up on a cold day. Also very filling hence the fat content.

Makes 2 large servings.

 

What do you need?

  • 500 g of minced meat

  • 400 grams of vegetable mix (I used Hortex Cous-Cous mix)

  • 1 stock cube

  • 200 grams of chopped mushrooms

  • a dash of chili (optional)

  • salt and pepper

 

How to make it?

Get a pot with about 500 grams of water boiling. When it’s boiling rapidly, add in the stock cube and let that desolve. Now add in the vegetables and mushrooms and cook until the veggies are soft.

While your veggies are cooking, preheat a pan to medium high heat and fry the minced meat. Since my minced meat if always with a high fat content, I don’t need to add any oil. Season with salt and pepper and also fresh or powdered chili (if you want to).

When the veggies are done, add in the meat. Let everything boil for another 2–3 minutes and serve.

Bon appetit!

 

What about nutrition?

The whole recipe is 1800 kcal, 100 grams of protein, 27 grams of total carbs (including 5 g of fiber so about 22 g of net carbs), 142 grams of fat.

If divided into 2 servings, one serving is 900 kcal, 50 grams of protein, 13,5 grams of total carbs (including 2,5 g of fiber so about 11 g of net carbs), 71 grams of fat.

NB! You can always use different vegetables to get a lower carb content. My mix had carrots and peas that gave quite a lot of carbs. If you were to use cauliflower, cabbage, spinach, broccoli etc, you would get a much lower carb dish.

Creamy turkey sauce

A simple creamy sauce with turkey is great with any vegetable side you can imagine.

Makes 2 large servings.

Sauce with cauliflower "rice"
Sauce with cauliflower “rice”

 

What do you need?

  • 450 grams of minced turkey thigh

  • 200 grams of cream (35% fat)

  • 20 grams of oil

  • salt and pepper

 

How to make it?

Heat your pan to medium high heat. When it’s hot, add in the oil. When the oil is hot and ready, add in the turkey thigh meat and season with salt and pepper (and other herbs if you feel like it). Fry until the meat is golden brown.

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Now add in the cream. Let the sauce come up to a boil and turn down the heat to about medium low. Let the sauce bubble until it thickens. The higher the fat content in the cream, the thicker it will get.

Add cream.
Add cream.

 

Bring up to a boil.
Bring up to a boil. Turn down heat.

 

Done!
Sauce has thickened after some minutes. Done!

Serve with vegetables of your liking. Bon appetit!

Served with broccoli and cauliflower. A personal favourite.
Served with broccoli and cauliflower. A personal favourite.

 

What about nutrition?

The whole recipe is 1620 kcal, 72 grams of protein, 6 grams of total carbs (including 0 g of fiber so 6 g of net carbs), 146 grams of fat.

If divided into 2 servings, one serving is 810 kcal, 36 grams of protein, 3 grams of total carbs (including 0 g of fiber so about 3 g of net carbs), 73 grams of fat.