Vegan & Gluten Free Parsnip Soup - Weight Watchers 0 points

[shanendoah]

I just use this recipe straight up. No changes.

With the new Weight Watchers classification of beans being worth 0 points, this is a 0 point soup. It's good (if you like parsnips). You can throw some carrot in there for a little more variety in the flavor, and it's really easy to make, at least if you have an immersion blender.

[NoNamePerson]

I'm wondering if the nutritional information listed with this recipe is correct? I could be missing something since I didn't see what constituted a serving size. Will go back and look again.

I love good soups and though not vegan or gluten free I do eat mostly vegetarian - except for seafood

Per Serving: Calories: 994 | Carbs: 134 g | Fat: 30 g | Protein: 30 g | Sodium: 13000 mg | Sugar: 14 g

[weltschmerz]

Wait...almost 1,000 calories per serving?

That doesn't sound right.

[weltschmerz]

I could eat four Big Macs @257 calories each.

[shanendoah]

I don't pay any attention to the nutritional information presented online for recipes. If I'm going to figure it out, I figure it out ingredient by ingredient myself.
This soup does use white beans as the "thickener" instead of anything dairy based, so that might create an increase in calories. But beans are pretty much the only thing with significant calories in the recipe, since vegetable broth and parsnips aren't exactly high in calories.

Looking at it, I actually think the nutritional information is for the whole thing. So I would divide that all by 6 (using 1 cup vegetable broth/serving as a guide).

[NoNamePerson]

I think I agree with you about information being for the whole batch. But I had to ask!!

ETA: It was the sodium that caught my eye!! Then the rest.

[shanendoah]

NoNamePerson - I use low sodium broth, but I think that might be a function of broth typically being very salty.