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5:2 Diet Recipe – Cream of Leek Soup #Vegetarian #Vegan

October 21, 2013 by Fiona Maclean 6 Comments

Last Updated on December 7, 2018

Low Calorie 5:2 Diet Winter Soup made with Cauliflower Cream and Almond Milk:

Do you use pinterest?  I pin all my recipes and follow some of my friends boards.  Jac, who blogs over at Tinned Tomatoes is vegetarian and has a vegan husband and she produces some of the most fantastic vegetarian food.  Not so long ago she pinned a recipe for Cauliflower Cream Sauce from Yum and More a blogger in the states and I was intrigued.  My particular interest was to see if I could make a rich and creamy soup of the sort that is so comforting in the winter.  But without the calories.  Or at least without most of the calories (incidentally that idea of ‘negative calories’ isn’t one you can use for the 5:2 diet – on a fast day every calorie counts!)

Cream of Leek Soup 3

  • 100ml Cream =345 calories
  • 100g Potato = 77 calories
  • 100g Cauliflower = 25 calories

Do you get the picture?

Anyway, there were other key ingredients other than leeks and chicken stock (I did use a homemade stock this time).  Almond milk because it is lower in calories than even skimmed milk and a spoonful of lightest Philadelphia cream cheese (which of course any vegan could leave out).  Of course, if you don’t have almond milk you could use normal milk, or even soy milk if you prefer.

Cream of Leek Soup
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Creamy Leek Soup โ€“ 5:2 Diet Recipe
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
35 mins
 
Course: Soup
Cuisine: British
Servings: 3 -4
Author: Fiona Maclean
Ingredients
  • Sage leaves To garnish
  • 200 g Cauliflower
  • 30 g Light Almond Milk
  • 2-3 shots 1-cal oil
  • 500 ml Stock I used fresh chicken stock but obviously a vegetarian or vegan option would use vegetable stock
  • 1 tablespoon Lightest Philadelphia Cream Cheese
  • 200 g Leeks Trimmed, Cleaned and sliced
Instructions
  1. Steam the cauliflower for 20 minutes then blitz with a little stock till absolutely smooth.
  2. Spray a heavy based saucepan with one-cal and gently sweat the leeks till soft and slightly translucent
  3. Add the cauliflower cream and all of the stock.
  4. Bring to the boil
  5. Stir through the almond milk and cream cheese. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
  6. Serve with your choice of garnish. I used a lightly toasted sage leaf.

In my view, it is definitely worth the effort of cooking the cauliflower separately and then making a puree to add to the leeks.  There’s something really good about the rich creamy mixture, with sweet, tender morsels of leeks adding depth to the finished soup.  My calorie count chart is for the cheese-free version.  A tablespoon of lowest fat Philadelphia is around 20 calories, so it will only add 8 calories or so per serving.Cream of Leek soup a 5:2 diet recipe

 

I’ve managed to make this Cream of Leek soup without potato twice now in the last two weeks, and I really do love it.    I suspect it’s partly because it simply doesn’t seem like a diet recipe, 5:2 or otherwise.  But, at only 68 calories for a bowlful, it’s a real winner.

5:2 diet recipe Cream of Leek Soup

Filed Under: 5:2 Diet Recipes, Recipes, Soups Tagged With: 5:2 diet recipe, 5:2 diet recipes, cauliflower, leek

About Fiona Maclean

London based freelance writer and marketing consultant. I edit London-Unattached.com and write for a number of other publications. With a music degree and a background in marketing across many sectors, my passions include all types of music, food, restaurants, wine and travel

Comments

  1. Sue - cookware says

    October 24, 2013 at 8:20 pm

    Fantastic recipe! I haven’t used almond milk very much but starting to use it more. I would use the cheese as most things taste better with cheese in my mind!!

    Reply
  2. Bintu @ Recipes From A Pantry says

    October 24, 2013 at 3:09 pm

    I am getting more excited about cooking with milk alternatives and almond milk is one of my new favs.

    Reply
    • Fiona Maclean says

      October 24, 2013 at 4:11 pm

      I was really impressed with the samples…

      Reply
  3. GiGi Eats Celebrities says

    October 22, 2013 at 2:41 pm

    This looks phenomenal! I love that you use almond milk and not the usual cream!! ๐Ÿ˜€

    Reply
  4. Steph - I'm Counting UFOs says

    October 22, 2013 at 10:56 am

    Ooooohhh this sounds delicious! Thanks for posting ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  5. Pamela Morse says

    October 21, 2013 at 10:14 pm

    Completely my style, as you know..loving the new uses fro cauliflower..adding creamy without the fat. Another good recipe to share!!

    Reply

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