Low Carb Lunch

Sometimes my diet veers off course and I need to re-focus my efforts. And sometimes I think my metabolism changes. In either case, today I worked at getting a lot of healthy bulk into my lunch, in the form of fresh vegetable soup. I paired it with a wrap instead of a sandwich, making it a lower carb version of one of our favorite lunches.

It is the same soup that I've shown here before, for the most part.  I used fresh tomatoes instead of canned, skipped the flour step and used whatever vegetables were in my refrigerator.

I added them to the pot in their order of density -- celery, carrot, onion, garlic, mushroom, tomato and corn.

When the carrots had lost their crispness, I added about half a carton of veggie broth and an equal amount of water, and let it simmer for 20 minutes to a half hour.  I used my favorite spices, including a half teaspoon of cumin, just for fun.  The bay leaf goes in last, and comes out first.  (You don't ever want to eat one of those.)  It made about 6 generous servings. The wrap has just 10 carbs, 4 of them fiber, and 50 calories.  It's an oat and multi grain mini wrap, but there are lots of different wraps out there.  This was actually a tortilla, and I heated it on my grill pan before adding ham and lettuce and tomato.  Some chopped cucumber or avocado would have been good on it, too.