Some people think that a saltier soup is healthier. That might be true for certain people, who might not feel the same way about other people who don’t have that same experience. In the end, it is really about making sure that you are nourishing your body and mind, so just because something is “salty” doesn’t mean it isn’t good for you.
This week I decided that I wanted to try making soup less salty with a new recipe. The process: I took some of my old recipes and tweaked them, giving them a new twist. This new soup was a lot less salty than the recipe I used to make, but it also more than made up for it.
The new recipe was a much healthier (and less salty) version of my grandmother’s recipe. She used to make it all the time and I’m still proud that I remember it. It was also less time-consuming too, since I didn’t have to go over and over the same ingredients every single day. It made it a lot easier to eat.
I like soup, but I’ve never made it as much as I did this time. I made this soup in an hour and a half because I have a lot of vegetables that need to go into it and I was still hungry. It was tasty and I loved how the chunks of meat tasted, it was like I was taking a bite of a real piece of meat.
This soup is made by putting chunks of pork in with a bunch of vegetables and seasoning. The pork makes it less salty, but the veggies add some depth to the soup. The pork is also cooked in a little butter, but I think this is just to make it look more visually appealing.
Most people don’t realize they’re making a soup out of meat (think of all the meat in the world and you’ll have a pretty good idea), but a lot of processed meats just aren’t as tasty and there are even worse uses for them than making something a little bit salty.
You can make soup out of pork with some vegetables too. The pork is cooked to a nice medium-rare/medium-well and the vegetables are added in with spices and sometimes cheese. The veggies will help season the soup and add some flavor as well. The recipe I found online for a very good version of this soup used a pork shoulder that was cooked in a lot of butter and garlic.
I know I just made this up, but there’s a really great soup recipe that also uses pork shoulder and that I want to share with you. Try this one. You will be pleasantly surprised! I use a lot of butter and bacon, but I like to use all the bacon I can get my hands on. The thing I like to do is put some bacon on the bottom of a bowl and then cut up a pork shoulder and put it on top of the bacon.
So far I’ve made this soup twice now and each time it’s amazing, but I’ve always ended up with a little bit of a burn on the bottom of my bowl. I like to cook my soup in a big pan, but I don’t know if that matters.
I’m not a bacon guy, but I think you can make this soup healthier by using eggs and/or dairy. The bacon is already fried, so you can probably just heat it up and cook the pork in it.