A simple soup of potatoes, onions and Spanish-influenced seasonings for the slow cooker, perfect for cold weather. Adapted from Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home: Fast and Easy Recipes for Any Day, where it’s written as a stovetop recipe. I opted to toss everything in the slow cooker instead.
A few hours later we were rewarded with this hearty and delicious soup ready and waiting for us at the end of a long day. Served with crusty bread and a green salad, it made for a satisfying meal.
Spanish Potato Onion Soup
Including more soups in our diet has been one of my tricks for easy healthy weight loss. They’re an easy delicious way to increase your intake of vegetables, filling you up with fewer calories.
As Mireille Guiliano says in her wonderful book, French Women Don’t Get Fat, “The evening soup eater tends to consume less fat and less food overall, feeling satiated through the night, after which she needs “a real meal” on rising to get her through the morning.”
And with leftover soup in the fridge, you’ve got a low PointsPlus value solution ready and waiting whenever hunger strikes.
According to my calculations each generous serving of this Slow Cooker Spanish Onion Potato Soup has 141 calories and *3 Weight Watchers Points Plus. Enjoy!
- 4 medium onions, halved and thinly sliced (about 4 cups)
- 2 or 3 medium potatoes, peeled and cut 1-inch thick half moons
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- ¼ cup dry sherry
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 2 large bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- Pinch of saffron
- Dash of tabasco or pinch of cayenne (optional)
- In a 5 quart slow cooker, combine onions, potatoes, broth, sherry and seasonings. Cover and cook on low until the potatoes and onions are tender, about 4 to 6 hours on low. Remove the bay leaves. Taste and adjust seasonings.
Source: Adapted from Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home: Fast and Easy Recipes for Any Day
*PointsPlus® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc.
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This sounds awesome Martha!
I made the Spanish onion potato soup tonight and must thank you for a wonderful recipe. The spices are right on. I used the stove top to cook it and let the onions cook up bit before adding everything else. had to add garlic as well. Well balanced and with bread just delicious.
Thanks.
This sounds lovely. Going to give this a go. thanks for sharing this recipe.
Simon