Keto Cabbage Soup

If you are looking for a healthy and flavorful soup, try this low calorie keto cabbage soup. It’s spicy and delicious and will warm you on a cold day. Not only is this vegetable soup low calorie, it’s also low carb and vegetarian with just 46 calories and 5.1g net carbs per serving!

You might also like this low calorie spicy cabbage stir fry.

I don’t know about you but there are times when I really want to reign in the amount of calories but I also want to eat something that tastes good. So I remembered that cabbage soup diet recipe of long ago and decided to make my own. After all cabbage is tasty to me and full of vitamin C.

So today I present you my low calorie keto cabbage soup recipe. I used basic ingredients but it’s full of flavor. And it’s low carb and low calorie with just 46 calories and 5.1g net carbs. So it’s perfect for anyone on a low calorie diet or a low carb diet.

It’s also the perfect soup for cold days as it’s warming and filling. It has a spicy broth that tastes like it was cooking for hours and it’s full of healthy veggies. You can easily freeze it for a low calorie, low carb snack or meal. I use it for meal planning healthy lunches.

Recipe ingredients I used and substitutions.

I just used simple ingredients to make this low calorie soup. I used a head green cabbage, canned diced tomatoes, Better than Bouillon vegetable base, garlic cloves, carrots, celery, dehydrated onion flakes, olive oil, Italian seasoning and parmesan cheese. Note I used dried onion flakes instead of yellow onion because it adds flavor but has less carbs.

Vegetables
I wanted to use cabbage because it goes great with the tomato broth and it’s very good for you. Plus when it cooks down it tastes a bit like noodles. I also used carrots, celery and canned diced tomatoes. You could add other veggies if you want. Other low carb veggies to try would be green beans, peppers, turnips, broccoli, asparagus, etc.

Better than Bouillon Base
To keep this recipe vegetarian I used a vegetable base with water to make a vegetable broth but you could also use chicken stock or broth or beef stock or broth. I personally LOVE the bold flavor I get from Better than Bouillon bases and use it in all my soup recipes.

However you can also use vegetable stock to keep to keep it vegetarian or if you don’t care you can use beef or chicken stock or broth. You could also use bouillon cubes as long as you have 6 cups of liquid in the end. But try the Better than Bouillon bases and I think you will hooked too!

Seasonings
I used the dried onion flakes to keep the carb count low. However the Italian seasoning, fresh garlic cloves and parmesan cheese were for flavor. The Parmesan cheese really gives it extra flavor. You could add some hot pepper flakes if you want to add some heat.

Proteins or Meats
And if you want it to be more of a heartier meal you can add Italian sausage, ground beef or turkey or rotisserie chicken, etc. Most of these are low carb and will add more calories but not more carbs.

How to make this keto cabbage soup recipe.

While you could make this delicious cabbage soup recipe in a pressure cooker or slow cooker, there is really no need because it only takes about 20 minutes to cook on the stove.

Step 1: Slice the cabbage into strips and dice the carrots and celery into small bite sized pieces and set aside.

Step 2: Get out a stock pot or dutch oven and heat to medium high heat. Add the olive oil and let warm up the add the chopped celery and carrots. Saute for a minute or two the turn the heat down to medium heat.

Step 3: Add the water (or broth), diced tomatoes, Better than Bouillon, seasonings and mix well. Then add cabbage slices. Save the crushed garlic and parmesan for the end.

Step 4: Bring to a boil then turn down the heat to a simmer. Let it cook for about 20 minutes or until the cabbage is soft. Then add in the garlic and parmesan cheese. Taste and season with salt and black pepper if you feel it needs it.

Step 5: Let the healthy soup cook for a couple of minutes more to incorporate the garlic and cheese flavors. Turn off the heat and let cool before serving.

Store leftovers in an airtight container. I like to freeze a few servings for a warming and low carb lunch. (Please scroll down to view and print the recipe card.)

How to freeze this homemade cabbage soup.

Let the soup come to room temperature and pour into airtight containers. I bought plastic soup containers specifically for recipes like this. They are the perfect size for soup.

Place in the freezer and to defrost set in the refrigerator overnight or use the defrost function on your microwave.

I like to make a big batch of soup like this one and then freeze half of it in individual containers for a quick low calorie lunch.

To make this more of a unstuffed cabbage roll soup.

You can easily make this recipe into more of a unstuffed cabbage soup by adding ground meat and even cauliflower rice. Both options will add calories but it will still be low carb and it will make this soup more of a comforting meal than a side dish. You could also use regular white rice but the cauliflower rice is a better option if you are watching carbs.

To do this I would brown ground beef or ground turkey when you are cooking the celery and carrots. Then add the riced cauliflower at the end when you add the garlic. It will just need to cook for a few minutes.

Other low calorie soup recipes under 150 calories to try.

Below are some of my go to low calorie but tasty recipes. However I have TONS of other healthy low carb soup recipes on the blog so check them out as well.

• keto cream of mushroom (76 cals)
• roasted zucchini and tomato (130 cals)
• creamy curried carrot (104 cals)
• keto chicken pot pie (142 cals)
• keto Thai curry zucchini (117 cals)

So next time you are watching your calorie and or carb counts try this low carb cabbage soup recipe. It really is quite tasty and flavorful and it’s full of healthy ingredients. My family really liked it and I hope you do too. Enjoy!

The nutritional information for 1 serving is 46 calories / 1.9g fat / 6.3g carbs / 1.2g fiber / 1.1g protein = 5.1g net carbs