Ok. Will substituting spinach for cabbage make a diffence in the point value? The cabbage is killing me if you know what I mean. Taste great, but can't take all the bloating and ..you know.

No one got fat eating spinach? Just my thoughts.

Lovemylife - No that shouldn't make a difference.

oh what a good idea! Spinach I can take, cabbage not so much

Both Spinach and Cabbage are zero point veggies and zero point veggies are always zero points.

I didn't even think of substituting the cabbage out of the damn soup. Personally, the first time I tried it, I thought I would be smart and make a vegetarian option with no chicken broth... but the end result was strangely reminiscent of the 'cabbage soup' diet. (I'm sure you all know the evil that I speak of?) I shudder just thinking about it. Since then, I use veggie broth instead of chicken broth, to add flavour, but I also add half a bag of frozen vegetables (mushrooms, cauliflower, broccoli) and tons of peppers, celery, etc. (no cabbage from now on!!) I still can't stand the taste of it so much, but I've found that eating it cold, with some salsa verde, hot sauce, and jalapenos makes me feel like I'm eating a spicy gazpacho, or a vegetarian chili.. and makes it more tolerable. Great idea with the spinach though! I'll try that next time and see how it turns out.

I make a lot of variations to the zero point soup. I'm no longer on WW, but I still use the WW point philosophy when making vegetable soups. I use very little or none of the vegetables that have to be counted, and throw in as many zero point veggies as I can, in any combination that I have on hand. Usually I use low fat chicken broth or powdered soup base and water as the base of the soup, add an equal or lesser amount of V-8 or tomato juice and veggies and seasonings.