If you make sure that your family eat healthy and diverse, do not forget to appear in your daily menu soups. Most of them have a great effect on the body. They allow you to smuggle a large portion of vegetables, and thus valuable dietary fiber. They fill, warm up and hydrate. One of the healthiest is cucumber soup. We’ll tell you What nutritional values and how to make a good cucumber soup.
The most important component of cucumber is of course pickled cucumbers. They can be called Polish superfood because they show probiotic action. The lactic acid bacteria, which They support intestinal microflora and affect the body’s resistance. Pickled cucumbers also have a lot vitamin Cwhich supports the immune system and has antioxidant. Of course, under the influence of cooking, we lose some of the valuable properties, yet it is still worth cooking cucumber soup, and pickled cucumbers also eat into sandwiches and as an addition to meats. It is worth adding that Pickled cucumbers also have anti -inflammatory effects and support the cleansing of the body of toxins.
In the cucumber soup you can also find B vitaminswhich have a beneficial effect on the circulatory, nervous, muscular, or metabolic processes occurring in the body. In addition Cucumbers are low in calories and have a low glycemic indextherefore the soup prepared from them will be a good choice on a slimming diet, and for people with diabetes and insulinoorpness. It should be remembered that its caloric content will be influenced by the ingredients that we will add to it. The soup without cream from the vegetables themselves will be more dietary than the one with the addition of meat or bacon.
In cucumbers and vegetables added to soup, such as carrots, parsley or celery, there is also dietary fiber. It affects For proper digestion, supports the intestinal work, helps to avoid flatulence and gas. Additionally, presence fiber helps maintain normal sugar and cholesterol levels. Fiber -rich dishes make us feel full longer, which is important, among others, in the context of weight loss. Because it helps to avoid reaching for snacks between meals, which is a common cause of the lack of effects of a reduction diet.
Grandmothers usually prepared cucumber soup on ribs or bonesthanks to which it was more expressive in taste, and rich in collagen. This ingredient supports joints and also improves the condition of the skin, hair and nails.
Recipes for cucumber soup There is a lot, you can do it in a vegetarian version, on vegetable broth, or choose a classic recipe on bones and meat. Both versions will be tasty, but they will differ in the content of nutrients and the amount of calories in a portion. The vegetation is recommended for people who do not eat meat, limit calories or fat in the diet. However, the meat version will be more content, but also caloric.
Below you will find Recipe for a classic cucumber soup, like Grandma:
- 800 g of meat and pork, e.g. from pork loin,
- 6-7 pickled cucumbers,
- 1 large carrot,
- 1 parsley,
- ½ taste,
- a piece of time,
- 4 potatoes,
- 2 cloves of garlic,
- 2 bay leaves,
- 4 allspice grains,
- a bunch of dill,
- Salt and pepper,
- 2 tablespoons of butter,
- water,
- Optional: 2 tablespoons of cream 18 percent to be hardening.
Preparation of the soup start with rinsing and throwing the bones into a large pot, then add bay leaves and allspice grains, pour everything with water so that it completely covers the ingredients. Cook on low heat for about 20-30 minutes.
In the meantime, peel the vegetables, grate them on a grater, cut the potatoes into cubes, and the time is into thin slices. Melt butter in a frying pan and fry grated carrots, parsley, celery, and chopped leek. At the very end, add garlic squeezed through the press.
Once the meat is soft, pick them out of the decoction, peel them and throw them into the pot again. Add fried vegetables and chopped potatoes. Cook for a quarter of an hour until they soften, add pickled cucumbers on a grater at the end. Season the soup with salt and pepper. Add chopped dill. You can do it with hardened, sour cream.
Sources: Terazpoczy.pl, Biosklep.com.pl
