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I love a lot of things about soup. I love the warm comfort a soup brings on a winter day. I love the variety of soups, there really is a soup for every occasion. One thing I don’t love about soup? When I am still hungry afterward. Some soups are better served as an appetizer because, lets be honest, they don’t have a lot of substance. This is why Italian Soup is one of the best soup recipes for those with trouble chewing. It’s as energy dense as a lasagna, with both the chewability and swallowability (those are both real words) as a soup.
If have trouble chewing or swallowing and love Italian food, then this is the soup recipe for you. The best easy to chew foods are the ones which are so easy to eat, that you forget you ever had trouble chewing in the first place.
Easy To Chew is a food blog created by a dentist, a public health professional, and a registered dietitian. Their mission? To cook up delicious recipes dedicated to those who are in need of foods which are easy to chew, easy to swallow, and easy to love!
Italian Soup has multiple solid textures, and can be processed into bite sized pieces without extensive chewing.
If you require a pureed texture, you can put the completed dish into a blender and blend until smooth. Top with pureed cheesy topping (which you can puree in a food processor or blender).
Cheese is culinary magic. To make it, you heat milk and add an enzyme called rennet. Rennet coagulates casein (a protein in milk). This forms the cheese curds which are then separated from the remaining liquid (know as the whey).
People like to be efficient, they don’t like to waste anything. Instead of throwing out the whey, people started heating it again after the curds were taken out. This draws out even more curds, which is how Ricotta cheese is made.
I think it is so interesting to learn the origin stories of the foods we eat. In this case, Ricotta is the product of letting nothing go to waste in the cheese making process.
If you need more fiber and less calories in your diet then here is an idea: Try using whole wheat pasta instead of white pasta.
Whole wheat pasta contains less calories and more fiber than normal white pasta.
Don’t you wish all life changing choices were so easy to make?
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This recipe is absolutely delicious. I ran across it when looking for soft food recipes to take to an elderly couple, the husband requiring soft foods. It made a great big pot, so there was plenty to keep some for my family and share with others. I did add the cheesy topping directly to the soup, because it’s easier to transport that way. Have added this to favorites and will be making it again. So easy to make and wonderful!
I’m glad you liked it! I love this recipe because it’s delicious and it’s filling. So many easy-to-chew recipes leave you hungry, not this one! That is wonderful you’re looking out for those in need, keep it up!