This is from the sticky at the top of the forum. This is how I make my soups and it does make them sooooo much better. Just the right thickness and no lumpy bits. Plus you will be working the bingo wings when you are shaking it
The Perfect Soup
Ingredients :
1 VLCD Soup Pack
Tabasco Red (Optional)
Black Pepper (Optional)
Sea Salt (Optional)
Utensils :
Small beaker with sealable lid
Spoon
Small Pan
Large Mug
Method :
1. Invest in a little small sealable beaker that is around 350ml in size but must have a watertight lid.
2. Pour the entire soup sachet into the beaker.
3. Pour on 125ml of cold tap water and seal the lid tightly.
4. Shake the beaker very vigorously up and down and side to side for 45 seconds and looking through the beaker make sure that no powder is stuck to the sides.
5. Pour the contents of the beaker into a small pan, don't worry about the extra left in the beaker at this point.
6. Pour an additional 250ml of water into the beaker, seal and shake vigorously for 10 seconds. Pour this into the pan on top of the original mix. You will also find this cleans out the beaker very well and allows for much easier washing up.
7. Before starting the heat stir the mixture for 20 seconds to mix up the two liquids.
8. Add Tabasco sauce to taste, around 10 drop is recommended. Make sure this is the standard Red Tabasco and not the Hot Tabasco or the Jalapeno Tabasco (Green).
9. Add Black Pepper to taste.
10. Add Malden Sea Salt to taste (not too much though!!). Please note that salt is allowed on some VLCD's but is not on Cambridge Diets. Salt can make the body retain water and hence if you can live with just the pepper and the tabasco it would be better.
11. Now heat on a medium to low heat. It is imperitive that you do not boil or get too near boiling the soup otherwise a very nasty tasting powdery chemical froth appears on the top of the soup.
12. When almost boiling pour into a large mug, cup or bowl capable of easily holding 375mls.
13. Allow to settle for 2 minutes so any froth dissappears. This is why you shouldn't use either aerolatter whizzers or blenders as they create a froth on the soup that many people cannot have.
14. Sit down and enjoy