Weight Watcher’s Zero Point Cabbage Soup – You can eat as much of this 0-point Weight Watchers cabbage soup as you like because it’s only 22 calories per serving! More like the whole pot!
I know what you’re thinking. Swim suit season is just around the corner and I haven’t done diddly squat yet. Am I right? Yep, That’s me. I’ve been totally slacking at the gym lately too. I went out and bought some goggles and a swim cap to swim some laps after work, but have I done that yet? No. Well, if you’re being lazy like myself, you are going to love this soup. Eat this soup in place of lunch and dinner for the next week and you are gauranteed to lose 10 pounds. Trust me. This is just vegetable soup and it’s ZERO points, people. C’mon. Well, technically since Weight Watcher’s is doing Smart Points now, I calculated this soup to be 1 point. I would recommend eating it with a sandwich.
I was skeptical of trying this soup mainly because it had cabbage in it. I like cabbage, especially in chow mein noodles at Panda Express. This soup surprised me. If you don’t want to heat up your stove go ahead and make this in your slow cooker. I’d cook it on low for 4 hours. It beats heating up your house and you know you have the air conditioner on all Summer long anyways, so it’s OK to eat soup in the Summer.
Look at how colorful and healthy that soup looks!
PrintWeight Watchers Zero Point Cabbage Soup
Ingredients
- 3 cups nonfat beef broth
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 2 cups chopped cabbage
- 1⁄2yellow onion
- 1⁄2 cup chopped carrot
- 1⁄2 cup green beans
- 1⁄2 cup chopped zucchini yellow or green
- 1⁄2 teaspoon basil
- 1⁄2 teaspoon oregano
- salt & pepper
Instructions
- Spray pot with nonstick cooking spray. Saute onions carrots and garlic for 5 minutes.
- Add broth, Tomato paste, cabbage, green beans, basil, oregano, and Salt & Pepper to taste.
- Simmer for about 5-10 minutes until all vegetables are tender then add the zucchini and simmer for another 5 or so minutes.
- I have tried different variations. Leaving out green beans. Adding chopped green onions in addition to the yellow onion.
- All very good. You can customize it a bit.
Notes
Serving Size: 1 cup (6 to 8)
Smart Points: 1
Points Plus: 0
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6-8
- Calories: 22
- Sugar: 2.5
- Saturated Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 5
- Fiber: 1.5
- Protein: 1
This is the best version of Weight Watchers Soup I’ve had. I’ve had others with stewed tomatoes and Lipton Onion Soup. This one is so much better!
I wonder if this is doable with a crockpot!
The photos show yellow squash, the recipes do not. either photos stolen or wrong recipe?
Use whatever color squash you like. The calories don’t change much.
The recipe says yellow or green zucchini.
Yes, the color of the squash doesn’t matter.
Can this be made in a crockpot?
what is a serving size please..I think this is my pitfall, as I don’t know what a serving size for one person should be
The serving size is listed in the notes under the recipe.
Will give it a try, as l would rather have a bowl of hot soup during winter as to a salad. Will let you know how it turns out.
P.
This is great soup!! I have used during weight watchers program and lost 25 pounds in 3 months alternating between this soup and a 300 calorie lunch.
When you double or even triple the recipe…do you increase everything as it says in the first recipe? I made this in my crock pot and it taste awfully spicy. Not sure if I did something wrong.
This was delicious! The best WW soup I have had yet. You are right about the beef broth…. YUM!!!
This looks amazing! Definitely planning on trying this out. I’m going to do it lunch meal prep style so I have a delicious nutritious low fat/low cal lunch that I just have to heat up. Thanks so much for this!
This soup is amazing! I made it by recipe first. And have now added more carrots, added water along with the whole can of tomato paste. I took out green beans. And it is AMAZING. you can tweak it with as many vegetables as you like, and it’s still delicious!
Sautéing the onions and carrots definitely helps, and crockpot is possible! I kept in crock pot for 8 hours on low and turned out beautifully. This is a delicious meal to help lower calories and stay SUPER full!
Thanks Courtney!
Is this freezesle?
I meant freezeable
Yes Store in bags or containers.
Should I use fresh or dried spices?
Have you tried this with red cabbage? How is it?
Nutrition
Nutrition values does not list sodium values.
I, too, would like to know the sodium values. I am on a low sodium diet.
If you use no salt added tomato paste and low sodium chicken stock or no salt added chicken stock then you should be ok.
Delicious, I doubled and left out the zucchini… added
Steam fresh frozen string beans … ( a bit extra) since no
zucchini… a dash of cayanne pepper… a few fresh basil
leaves… perfect!!!
I used a whole can of tomato paste as suggested in one of the comments, but I wish I had increased the broth to two cups to compensate, but it was still delicious. I used yellow squash but wish I had either cut it in smaller pieces or cooked it separately before adding the cabbage and broth. It needs to cook a little longer than the cabbage to get soft.. I used canned green beans because I wanted them soft too., and I added a can of corn since it is now a zero point food on the Weight Watcher Freestyle program. It added just a little crunch and a slight amount of sweetness. I also used fresh basil and extra cabbage. Loved this recipe. Lots of different ways to customize it.
If you have an Instapot do it in there. It is a total of 20 min cooking! 10 minutes of the pressure building up and 10 in cooking time!
That’s good to know. Thanks Mary Jo.
I make it a bit brothier so I can take a cup or two and put it in the blender, pulverize the veggies and add it back for a thicker soup base!,
I’ve only ever made this in my crockpot. I put all the ingredients in and cook 4-6 hours. it’s sooooo good………
Sigh…… thank you for posting this! I do not have the recipe anymore and this is the best/closest version that I have found. I will definitely use beef broth 🙂
Are the spices fresh or dried?
YUMMY!!! I’ve been in LOVE with this Cabbage Soup ever since I discovered it on the Internet. It is NOT ONLY tasty but HEALTHY and most of all VERY EASY TO MAKE. I just can’t wait to make more. This weekend definitely. You simply can’t go wrong with this soup. That oregano and basil gives the soup very unique taste.
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How much sodium is in a serving?? I see that was left out.
I made this soup this week. I’m glad my family hates cabbage!!! I first had this in 8th grade, 13. I have been making it for nearly 50 years now. I like WW old recipes. Still can’t find, Lee’s Luscious Lumps!!!
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I’ve never heard of Lee’s Luscious Lumps before. Sounds like a winner.
I made this tonight. I also am the only one in the house that will eat cabbage. WooHoo all mine. I deleted tomato sauce or paste. Used Chicken broth , deleted the zucchini and added turnip greens. I had a few cherry tomato and 1/2 an avocado on the side. Very filling dinner. I want to eat light at night, but still get full. Did the trick.
You can really be creative with different veggies and still have a delicious low calorie soup.
I don’t think this is the original recipe that I made over 25 years ago. Does anyone have the “original”?
I quadrupled the recipe using Organic Low Sodium Chicken Broth since my husband loves it, too. We aren’t doing Zero Points, so I added 1 tblspn Unsalted Butter to saute onion and carrots for my large batch. Used Italian Seasoning and Garlic Powder, (conversion for garlic found online) and Frozen Steam in Microwave Thin Green Beans, then followed the rest of the recipe. It’s delicious, filling, and another batch has already been requested. Thank you for posting this recipe!
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Made this soup last night for dinner. Loved it!! My brother even tasted it and couldn’t get over how good it was. I can’t wait to have some for lunch today.
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Awesome!
I love this soup. I add a lb. of Usingers chicken cilantro sausage. Extra of all the spices, onions, carrots, roasted corn, and 1/2 can of tomato paste.
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Does adding chicken change it from zero points?
Nope. It would still be zero!
I use this same recipe. To make it fit our need for spicy Tex Mex flavors I add a can of diced tomatoes with green chilies and some chili powder. I serve it with a few baked tortilla strips on top. Adds a few points but with the soup zero points it is still very low in points.
Delicious soup. Could eat it all day.
Thank you.
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Thanks for the recipe. I tried it today following the instructions and it just didn’t have enough flavor for me. Definitely filling and I will finish it since I had to waste food, but probably not a redo. I added some cayenne to give it a kick to help me get through the pit for the next couple of days. Worth a try though for others who like cabbage and very subtle flavors
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Great soup! My husband who is not a weight watcher loves it too! Says it’s the best vegetable soup he’s ever had! I add potatoes & celery as well & he has his with hard crusted bread usually…
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I add cauliflower and really love it! Great recipe!