Low Fat Sour Cream Mushroom Soup Recipes

LOW-FAT SOUR CREAM & MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• In a large heavy saucepan, heat oil over medium low heat. Add onions and saute until soft and translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Add tarragon and nutmeg and cook for 1 minute more. Stir in mushrooms, cover pot and let vegetable mixture steam for about 5 minutes, until mushrooms exude their moisture.
• Sprinkle flour over the vegetable mixture. Increase heat to medium and cook, stirring, for 3 or 4 minutes. Gradually stir in broth, stirring and scraping any flour that may have clung to the pot. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until thickened and smooth, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Stir together sour cream and milk until smooth, whisk into the mushroom mixture and return to a simmer. Season with salt and pepper and cayenne or Tabasco, if desired, and serve.

LOW FAT AND FAST MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Chop the onion fine and place in non stick pan with butter and oil.
• Once onion is clear.
• add mushrooms and cook and beginning change color and smells great- Add all spices.
• Add broth and allow to cook uncover for 10-15 minutes.
• Remove from heat, with stick blender breakup larger pieces and thicken broth or place half the batch in the blender.
• Add Fat free half and half and salt and pepper to taste and enjoy.

CREAMY SPICED MUSHROOM SOUP (LOW FAT AND VEGAN)

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in big pan and then add the onion and cook softly for about 5 minutes to allow the onions to soften.
• Add the garam masala and ground cilantro and stir into the onions.
• Add the potato and carrots and just allow to heat through for 1 minute.
• Add the mushrooms and the vegetable stock and bring to the boil.
• Reduce the heat, cover and cook for 30 minutes.
• Add the fresh cilantro and either transfer to a blender and blitz under smooth or use a hand held stick blender to whizz it up right there in the pan.
• Return to the heat and add any salt if you think it is needed (I didn't need it) and just heat through again to serve.