When your baggy boyfriend jeans have become your skinny jeans, you know it's time to take action. And since I'm getting a little old for crazy fad diets, action to me means eating more veggies and lean protein and less (sigh) sugar and carbs.
Soup is a great way to get all your veggies in without feeling like a wretched little goat subsisting on talahib (wild grass), and I've adapted this recipe I got from a short course I took at the Institute of Culinary Education in New York when it was still named after Peter Kump.
