Kid friendly North american soups, stews & chilis recipes with 400 or fewer calories

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Crock Pot Chile Verde

Crock Pot Chile Verde

This is a super easy and delicious Chile Verde. We make a great Chile Verde from scratch with fresh tomatillos, but it's a lot of work. If you're…

Nancy Miyasaki
Dec 2010
Intermediate
9 votes
17349 views
Awesome Split Pea Soup

Awesome Split Pea Soup

We made this soup by combining the best of two recipes...one from America's Test Kitchen and one from Cook's Illustrated's the Best New Recipe. I…

John Spottiswood
Dec 2009
Advanced
8 votes
11858 views
Slow Cooker Beef with Barley Soup

Slow Cooker Beef with Barley Soup

Cooking the pearl barley a long time gives this soup a nutty flavor and smooth texture. It's very different…

John Spottiswood
Oct 2010
Advanced
7 votes
7649 views
Easy Chicken Posole

Easy Chicken Posole

This is a super easy and tasty recipe you can whip up in 20 minutes! You can use the meat from a standard rotisserie chicken for this soup. I got…

Nancy Miyasaki
Sep 2010
Intermediate
6 votes
7129 views
Beef Stew

Beef Stew

The beef stew is a very good traditional beef stew. If you are craving the beef stew your grandmother used to make, then this will definitely hit…

Nancy Miyasaki
May 2010
Intermediate
6 votes
11887 views
Ground Beef Soup

Ground Beef Soup

Simple. Healthy. Hearty. Delicious. What more can one ask for? *** Variations **** Try using ground turkey, ground chicken, or even crumbled…

Wendi Taylor
Jan 2013
Professional
5 votes
9650 views
Chicken, Lime & Tortilla Soup

Chicken, Lime & Tortilla Soup

This recipe is light and delicious. I often make it with left over baked chicken. It can also be made with boiled chicken as described below.…

Nancy Miyasaki
Apr 2008
Intermediate
5 votes
13496 views
Pork Stew with Wine

Pork Stew with Wine

This is another phenomenal recipe that I adapted from a recipe from James Villas in Stews, Bogs, and Burgoos. I still have not found a recipe from…

John Spottiswood
Nov 2010
Advanced
4 votes
5258 views
Salmon Chowder

Salmon Chowder

Great for the family, easy one for friends, and I always make extra for my parents to take home. Rich, hearty and warmmm

laurel lee
Nov 2009
Beginner
4 votes
2560 views
Classic New England Clam Chowda

Classic New England Clam Chowda

Manhattan is a red soup, New England is a white chowder, and ours is a buttery yellow. This is the simplest, most satisfying chowder I have ever…

Amos Miller
Mar 2011
Professional
3 votes
6087 views
Cheeseburger in Paradise Skinny Soup

Cheeseburger in Paradise Skinny Soup

Okay, so this is a soup not the burger Jimmy Buffett was singing about but it has all the fabulous flavors of a…

Skinny Kitchen with Nancy Fox
Jan 2012
Professional
3 votes
7876 views
Slow cooker pork stew - chile verde

Slow cooker pork stew - chile verde

This is an easy and tasty version of chile verde that I adapted from a slow cooker cookbook. This keeps very…

Nancy Miyasaki
Feb 2013
Intermediate
3 votes
7561 views
Carrot and Ginger Soup

Carrot and Ginger Soup

This is a hearty warming soup, filled with vitamin A and herbs which will prepare your respiratory system for exposure to colds and flu. It has a…

Grains of Hope
Mar 2010
Intermediate
3 votes
2913 views
Almost A Borscht Soup

Almost A Borscht Soup

I wanted a hearty soup for lunch and had a left-over half head of boiled cabbage. What else could I do but go wild adding borschtish ingredients…

Glenn
Nov 2014
Beginner
3 votes
5560 views
Old-Fashioned Chicken Noodle Soup

Old-Fashioned Chicken Noodle Soup

This is a very tasty version of the great american classic. I made this recently and had a bowl with a piece…

John Spottiswood
Aug 2010
Advanced
3 votes
4656 views