Healthy Choice Minestrone Soup

February 12, 2008 | Reviewer: Jess

Healthy Choice Minestrone Soup Price: $2.00 on sale
Serving: 1 cup, 8.6oz.
Calories: 200 per serving
Fat: 3%, 2g
Cholesterol: 1%, 5mg
Sodium: 20%, 470mg
Protein: 7g
Carbohydrates: 13%, 40g
Fiber: 21%, 5g
Sugar: 9g
Weight Watchers Points: 3 Points

Healthy Choice says: Made with tender penne pasta and hearty cuts of carrots, celery, green beans and potatoes in a sweet & savory tomato base

Jess says: There is a really strange stomach bug going around right now. It’s super contagious. In fact you probably just caught it from me through the web of inter-tubes. Sorry, my bad. The thing about this bug is, while you only feel actually sick for a very short period time, you feel generally not so right for a long time after. For a while I tried curing myself on a diet of vodka and French Toast. As it turns out, that is not the best medicine. Now, I’ve switched to a diet of oatmeal and soup and that seems to be working much much better. Lately, I have become a bit of a soup-noisseur and I have to say that Healthy Choice Minestrone definitely gets it right. Here’s why:

It’s Healthy Choice - so it’s probably healthy? And thus I feel somewhat better about what I’m eating. Some of the other brands throw a lot of salt in or are cream-based and too heavy (though more and more low-cal soups are available). I always feel like kind of a nutjob when I am observed analyzing and comparing labels in the market. I liked that just by looking at this label I felt I was, well, making a healthy choice.
Lots and lots of veggies – I mean damn! Each spoonful was overloaded with vegetable goodness and at least one noodle, usually more. With a lot of other brands, (Campbell for instance) there are a lot of sad looking brothly spoonfuls with just a veggie fleck. I like broth and the broth of this minestrone is pretty hearty, tomatoey and basilriffic. But when 50% of your diet is soup, something with more substance is really appreciated. The veggies were plump, fresh-tasting (somehow) and flavorful. The beans were especially soft and delicious.
Flip top – perfect for eating at work where there is definitely not a can opener. Why are there still cans that aren’t flip top? Why do some companies resist the temptation to evolve and embrace technology? And is it inevitable that you will splatter soup all over you when removing that last connection of flip top to the can? I think so.
Bowl packaging - No need to steal other people’s Tupperware. Yay!
Filling and delicious – I am on the road to wellness now. I can feel it! In fact, I would even have this soup when I’m not sick! It was that good. And no refrigeration necessary! Bonus points.

Buon appetito!

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6 Responses to “Healthy Choice Minestrone Soup”

MaryAnne on February 12th, 2008

I’m sick too. I’m pretty sure I’m splattered mucus on my computer screen. I haven’t had the Healthy Choice version and I’ve looked for it at a number of places. However, I can definitely vouch for the Progresso version. In fact, I could really go for some soup now.
Abi Jones on February 12th, 2008

Ugh, the information on the front of the soup cup has just made me aware that the nutrition information I recorded was for the can of soup, not the microwaveable cup. Now I will have to do all sorts of math involving ratios!
Shann on February 12th, 2008

I had their soup all last week when I was sick..It was good.
Crow on February 12th, 2008

“I am on the road to wellness now. I can feel it!”

Famous last words?
Jessica on February 14th, 2008

“…I’m pretty sure I’m splattering mucus on my computer screen. ” Wish I wasn’t such a visual person….
Alice on April 7th, 2008

i dont know what everyone has against campbells.. its good if you get the kind in the attractive looking cans

chunky etc