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this time of year i usually get a ton of
requests for soup recipes and i thought i would tie in you guys were loving that video i
did on the keto budget if you haven't seen it click up here it's how you can make 84 meals
feeding a family of four for a week for just 40. super cool video i'll have it
linked down below for you guys too but you guys were wanting like another keto budget
video so i thought what a cool way to tie in making keto soups along with how to save money too
let's do some budget friendly keto soup recipes i'm gonna go on walmart.com because i want to see
if i can get each of these keto soup recipes to be less than five dollars a recipe now some of
these recipes have overlapping ingredients too so that's going to help me save money groceries
are ordered let's go pick them up the thing that i like about curbside pickup at walmart that i know
exactly what i'm getting and how much i'm spending i mean sure there might be out of some product
sometimes but for the most part you know exactly what you're spending so that's a tip for you guys
is to do curbside pickup just to watch your budget we are gonna dive on into these keto soup
recipes i'm gonna show you how to make them i'm to tell you what the macros are and
we're going to go over the pricing plus i'm going to give you some more tips on how
to save money when you're on the keto diet the first soup we're going to start with is my
keto chicken noodle soup and yes this does have noodles in it we're gonna make our own keto egg
noodles in a large stock pot we're gonna add two tablespoons of butter and melt that down and then
we're gonna add in a half a cup of diced onion three stalks of celery that you've sliced
up and a quarter cup of chopped carrots now i know you're probably going to think well
carrots aren't keto but we're only using a quarter cup of chopped carrots so it hardly adds any
carbs to this a quarter cup of chopped carrots will add around 2 grams of net carbs for the
entire soup so that's hardly anything especially if this serves around like four to six people you
want to cook these until your vegetables are just tender you don't want to overcook it until they're
softened because the veggies will continue to cook as they're simmering in the broth and you
don't want to end up with like mushed veggies then you're gonna add in your chicken
broth this is three cups of chicken broth going in here and i'm gonna stick in a
bay leaf this is optional you don't have to use that if you don't want to but if you do have
some line around your pantry and want to use up some of your bay leaves this is a great time to
add some flavor then we're going to bring this to a boil and then reduce the heat to a simmer
and you're going to let it cook uncovered and while your chicken soup is cooking then we're
going to move on to making our keto egg noodles to make these noodles you're going to need one
cup of almond flour a tablespoon of xanthan gum you could use agar powder too if you want to as
a replacement a half a teaspoon of salt you're gonna whisk it together until it's combined and
then you're gonna add in a third cup of hot water along with one egg mix it together until it forms a dough ball and
then we're going to put this down in between two sheets of parchment paper flatten it out and
roll it till it's about like an eighth of an inch to a quarter of an inch thick then you're going
to cut off your noodles you can do a thick noodles if you want some thick noodles in your chicken
noodle soup or thinner strips if you prefer that lay them down on a parchment paper and you
can either let these air dry or i like to pop mine in a 200 degree oven for around
15 20 minutes or so this will just help set the noodles if you were to add
your noodles straight to your broth it still works but they're a little bit more
mushy and they tend to dissolve like the longer they're in there once your egg noodles
are ready you can add them to your soup just make sure you remove your soup beforehand so
it's not too hot and you're ready to serve the macros for the soup for one bowl if we're
gonna divide it into four servings it's 282 calories 11.3 grams of fat 22.5 grams
of protein and it's only 3.2 net carbs this keto soup recipe comes to around six
dollars and thirty cents some ways to save more money on this recipe and to get a little
bit more cost effective is to actually make your own chicken broth so you can purchase chicken
legs or chicken thighs from the store and then put them in a pot of water and then let that boil
for around like an hour and a half or so you will make your own chicken broth that way and it makes
up a large amount especially if you keep on adding water to it and it's healthy because it's chicken
bone broth so that's one way that you can save money and you can use that on all of these recipes
here that i'm giving you that do require chicken broth another way is to just completely omelet
the noodles you could actually go with maybe a vegetable instead cabbage is a really good
substitute for a low-carb chicken noodle soup along with um there's you can use bean sprouts if
you wanted to zucchini noodles would be fabulous in this too so that would actually they'd
probably be cheaper than making your own almond flour egg noodles i just like to have i
just love that comfort food that noodle part in there and it's delicious to me when you make it
like this on its own and it's super simple too you can serve this chicken noodle soup with some
low-carb rolls i have a recipe for some delicious keto bread rolls that everybody raves about i did
do a video on it already you can click up here to watch it or i'll have it listed down below in the
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going to keep you full until your next meal up next let's make some clam chowder
this is one of my favorite recipes it is a keto clam chowder in a medium saucepan or a
dutch oven you're gonna melt down some butter and then we'll add in half a cup of diced onion three sliced up celery stalks and a quarter cup of
red bell pepper i like to use the red bell pepper in this recipe as a replacement for the carrots
but you could go with carrots if you want to cook this until your veggies are
softened and then we're going to add in some arrowroot powder i'm using a root
powder as a thickener i always have it on hand it's a great keto thickener because it's low
in carbs and it really thickens more than flour does so just a little bit goes a long way
we're going to stir in some chicken broth and then add in your clams these are canned clams
i'm going to use the entire can plus the juice and then whisk in your heavy cream an option here
is to use a daikon radish if you want to this is an added expense but it just gives that potato
like feeling like all clam chowder has potatoes this recipe does not use potatoes because potatoes
are higher in carbs but we can substitute to get that same like flavor or texture by using a radish
and i like to use daikon radish because it looks just like a potato and it takes on the flavor
of the soup too so it doesn't taste weird we'll add our seasonings which is one bay leaf half a
teaspoon of salt and a half a teaspoon of pepper bring it to a boil and then let
it simmer for around 15 minutes another option is to top this with some
crumbled bacon is super delicious but it does add an extra expense onto your keto five
dollar soup and actually when i calculated out the cost of the soup recipe it's actually less
than five dollars it came to three dollars and five cents that is if you use chicken broth that
we already made from our chicken noodle soup if you wanted to use the box kind from walmart or
wherever it would probably add an additional 30 cents the macros on this soup for one serving
it's around 200 calories it's 204 calories the fat is 17.6 grams protein is 4.3 grams and the
neck carbs are 2.6 grams so this is a little bit higher in carbs just because clams do have carbs
in them but you can decrease that if you want to add less clams decrease some of the vegetables
and you will bring down your net carbs but it would fit into your macros especially if you
only um are having like two or three meals a day and your net carbs are around five
grams this recipe is already inexpensive but if you did want to save some money then
i would just not put in maybe the bell pepper decrease some of the onion maybe only do half a
can of clams although you already bought the one cans you might as well just throw the whole
thing in there but again using chicken broth that you've already made will help here too up
next let's turn a cheeseburger into a soup we're going to be making keto cheeseburger soup this
recipe is so good and it has so many different toppings and add-ons you can do to it but
we're just going to make the bare bones version but i'll tell you what you could add to it to
make it even more tastier in a large stockpot we're going to add one pound of ground beef
and cook it over medium heat until it's brown remove your ground beef from your stockpot
set it aside and we're gonna cook our veggies in the same pot we're gonna add some butter a quarter cup of diced onion a
quarter cup of red bell pepper and three stalks of celery that are chopped up cook that until your veggies are softened
that'll take around three to five minutes next we're going to add back in our ground
beef at this point if you wanted to add some of that daikon radish you could do that many
of the traditional cheeseburger soup recipes actually use potato they use it more as
like a thickener but if you wanted that you know potato texture in there you could add
a daikon radish in there but it's more expensive and then i'm going to add one
teaspoon of arrowroot powder as a thickener but the soup doesn't
really need a thickener just because it does have the heavy cream and the
cheese which is going to thicken it naturally bring your soup to a boil and then turn down the
heat and let it simmer for around 10 to 12 minutes next we're going to remove it from the heat
and we're going to stir in two cups of grated cheddar cheese along with one cup of heavy
cream then you'll add in salt and pepper for seasoning now this keto cheeseburger soup is
delicious just like this or we could add on some fun toppings you can put on
some crumbled bacon some more diced onions some more cheese on there tomato shredded
lettuce like pretty much anything that you would put on a burger you could add to the top and it's
really good i especially like the iceberg lettuce just because it kind of gives it like this little
crunchy feel with each bite this low carb soup is a little bit more keto friendly per serving
it makes around six servings it's 582 calories and 51.3 grams of fat 24.7 grams of protein and
the net carbs are 3.1 grams now the soup did clock in at a little bit above five dollars if you make
your own chicken broth it comes at around 6.69 still an inexpensive keto meal
especially if you're feeding six people i hope this video i gave you guys some
great keto recipe ideas as well as some money saving tips when it comes to sticking
with your keto diet without breaking your budget