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Slimming World Lunch Idea: Aromatic Carrot Soup

January 26, 2018 by Katie Bryson

Slimming World Lunch Idea: Aromatic Carrot & Blackbean Soup on feedingboys.co.uk
If you’re looking for a Slimming World lunch idea, I’ve got just the thing – a hearty bowl of Aromatic Carrot Soup packed with plenty of speedy veg, protein rich black beans and a whole lot of flavour. Topped with a generous dollop of creamy Quark and a scattering of fresh herbs, all that’s left to do is scoop it into your mouth with these deliciously crisp Coriander and Sea Salt Dipping Chips.

Sounds indulgent, tastes indulgent, but it’s totally healthy – hurrah! It’s really quick to make this recipe at the weekend, and then you’ve got four lunches up your sleeve without much effort at all.

I love a Slimming World Lunch idea

I really struggle to come up with lots of different lunch ideas, so a batch of tasty soup is a brilliant way to keep me on plan. What else do I have for lunches? Apart from soup these are the kind of meals I’m tucking into at the moment:

  • Jacket potatoes with last night’s leftovers or egg & ham salad
  • Pimped up noodles – Mug Shotz with added prawns, kale, peas, peppers and soy sauce
  • Omelette and salad
  • Crustless Quiche – with loads of salad
  • All Day Breakfast – Eggs, Bacon, Mushrooms, Beans, Tomatoes

I’d love to hear about your favourite Slimming World Lunch idea so I can broaden my horizons a bit.

Speedy Carrots

Why are carrots so good? Well they’re a Speed Food on Slimming World, which basically means they’re low in energy density and have extra slimming power! When you’re on the Slimming World Plan you need to try and fill a third of your plate with Speed Foods at every meal. So the fact that most of this soup is made out of carrots is a total winner for weight loss!

I grated my carrots in my new Magimix Food Processor – soooooo quick! Honestly this gadget is cutting some serious prep corners for me at the moment – I’m LOVING it!

Dipping Chips

What do you like to eat with your soup? Anyone who knows me will testify to the fact that I’m a total crisp fiend, and I find it hard to imagine not having a bag with a bowl of soup. Old habits die hard. Sooo as a little solution to this I thought I’d make my own healthier spin on some Dipping Chips. I took a Weight Watchers White Wrap, which counts as a Healthy Extra B Choice on the Slimming World plan, snipped it into Dorito shaped triangles with a pair of scissors, sprayed them with frylight and sprinkled them with ground coriander and sea salt and baked them in the oven. OMG they’re delish and sturdy enough to get a good scoop of soup and creamy quark on.

I reckon it looks so un-diet like that you’d easily get away with serving this soup for friends and family as a starter or light lunch. That really is the beauty of following the Slimming World plan, it’s so tasty that everyone will want to eat it!

5 from 5 votes
Slimming World Lunch idea: Aromatic Carrot and Blackbean soup on feedingboys.co.uk
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Aromatic Carrot & Blackbean Soup
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
30 mins
 

A Slimming World lunch idea, this thick and tasty soup is packed with carrots and aromatic lemongrass, garlic and fresh coriander.

Course: Soup
Servings: 4
Author: Katie Bryson
Ingredients
  • 1 leek chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic crushed
  • 2 tsp lemongrass paste
  • 5 medium carrots grated
  • 1 handful coriander leaves picked and chopped
  • 500 ml vegetable stock
  • 1 400g tin black beans drained and rinsed
  • Quark to serve
Coriander and Sea Salt Dipping Chips
  • 2 weight watchers white wraps
  • frylight
  • ground coriander
  • sea salt
Instructions
  1. Spray a large saucepan with frylight, heat over a medium heat and then pop the leeks, garlic and lemongrass paste in and gently fry with a generous pinch of sea salt for a few minutes until the leeks soften.

  2. Add the grated carrots and chopped coriander and stir to combine and cook gently for a few more minutes. Add the vegetable stock, pop the lid on and allow to simmer for 15 minutes.

  3. Remove from the heat and then blitz in the blender in batches until smooth. Stir in the black beans and reheat the soup when ready to serve.

  4. Divide between four bowls and spoon a little quark on the top and a scattering of freshly chopped mint or coriander.

For the Coriander and Sea Salt Dipping Chips
  1. Pre-heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6.

  2. Cut the wraps into triangles, lay out on a baking sheet and spray with frylight, turning over and spraying again. Then sprinkle the chips with a dusting of coriander and sea salt.

  3. Bake on the top shelf of the oven for around 5 minutes until crisp. Be careful as they easily burn! Serve in little bowls for people to dip in their soup.

Recipe Notes

1 white Weight Watchers wrap counts as your Healthy Extra B Choice or 6 Syns.

Don’t forget…

to pop down to the comments below and share your favourite Slimming World Lunch idea… I’m always on the hunt for healthy lunch inspo.

More Healthy Carrot Recipes

If you’ve got loads of carrots knocking about, I’ve collected up a bunch of delicious ideas from my food blogging buddies:

  • Rosemary & Honey Actifry Carrots – Munchies & Munchkins
  • Vegan Carrot Cupcakes – Planet Veggie
  • Carrot & Coriander Chickpea Burgers – Supper in the Suburbs
  • Carrot & Coriander Fritters – Thinly Spread
  • Air Fryer Carrot Falafel with Tahini Sauce – Tin & Thyme
  • Roasted Carrot & Hummus Dip – Tinned Tomatoes
  • Carrot Pâté with Lime & Coriander Seed – Natural Kitchen Adventures
  • Cold Brew Green Iced Tea with Carrot Juice – Fuss Free Flavours

And one with gin in!

  • Peter Rabbit Gin Snapper from Foodie Quine sounds AMAZING!

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Comments

  1. Emma @ Supper in the Suburbs says

    January 26, 2018 at 11:25 am

    This sounds LUSH and love that it can be enjoyed guilt free 🙂 also perfect for this horrible weather we are having!!!

    • Katie Bryson says

      January 26, 2018 at 11:38 am

      Thanks Emma – yes it’s a lovely cheery lunch to escape this interminable month of gloom!!!!

  2. Kavita Favelle says

    January 26, 2018 at 4:11 pm

    5 stars
    The soup looks so good but what I really like is the idea to serve with the home-made dippy chips, as that’s where I’d probably fall down and eat something higher calorie. Great tip!

    • Katie Bryson says

      January 26, 2018 at 4:30 pm

      Thanks Kavey, yes the dipping chips are a total winner and you can flavour them however you choose – I did some with smoked paprika with my lunch.

  3. Cathy @ Planet Veggie says

    January 26, 2018 at 4:42 pm

    I usually make just a plain old carrot soup as I never know what to do with leftover carrots (and there’s always so many of them!) This soup sounds much more interesting than the one I usually make.

  4. Heidi Roberts says

    January 26, 2018 at 11:23 pm

    5 stars
    It’s always great to have a nutritious, delicious and healthy recipe to go to especially this time of the year!

  5. Corina Blum says

    January 27, 2018 at 6:42 am

    5 stars
    This looks delicious and actually I love all your lunch ideas! I often make soup for lunch as it’s an easy option and healthy too. Thanks for sharing with #CookOnceEatTwice

    • Katie Bryson says

      January 29, 2018 at 2:00 pm

      Thanks Corina!

  6. Camilla Hawkins says

    January 27, 2018 at 11:03 pm

    5 stars
    Just loving all the flavours in this soup, I would never have thought to add black beans to carrot soup but would love to try this-)

    • Katie Bryson says

      January 29, 2018 at 1:59 pm

      Thanks Camilla, it’s full of flavour for a cold January day!

  7. Choclette says

    January 28, 2018 at 10:44 am

    This looks gorgeous Katie. Soup is just one of the best things at this time of year. Blitzing the soup then adding beans is a lovely idea. I used to make a carrot and butter bean soup, where I blitzed half the soup so had some butter beans and some bits of carrot. I’m not sure why I’ve got out of the habit of making it – was delicious.

    • Katie Bryson says

      January 29, 2018 at 1:59 pm

      I love butter beans, think I’ll try that next time I make it! I love a thick soup but with some extra texture from the pulses.

  8. Steve | Big Stevie Cool Blog says

    January 29, 2018 at 10:35 am

    5 stars
    This soup looks perfect for a grey Monday! LOVE the idea of the coriander and sea salt dipping chips as an alternative to bread.

    • Katie Bryson says

      January 29, 2018 at 1:57 pm

      Thanks Steve! Yes the dipping chips are a marvel 🙂

  9. Jacqui Bellefontaine says

    January 29, 2018 at 12:33 pm

    Another fabulous soup recipe to try. Thank you for linking to #CookBlogShare

    • Katie Bryson says

      January 29, 2018 at 1:58 pm

      Thanks for hosting!

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