Cream of Vegetable Soup with Chicken (Healthy Low-Calorie Dinner) | Kyos Sport
🥗 Kyos Sport · Fit Dinners
Triple benefit in a single dish: sweet potato recharges glycogen, chicken repairs muscle tissue while you sleep, and warm soup activates the parasympathetic nervous system for optimal nighttime recovery.
🌙 Recovery ⏱ 30 min ⭐ Easy 💪 36g Protein
🥕 Carrot and Sweet Potato Cream with Roasted Chicken Chunks and Seeds
🌙 Recovery ⏱ 30 min ⭐ Easy
Ingredients
| 300g | Carrot |
| 200g | Sweet potato |
| 150g | Roasted chicken breast |
| 700ml | Vegetable broth |
| 1 | Onion |
| 1 tsp | Ginger powder |
| 20g | Pumpkin seeds |
| 1 tbsp | Olive oil |
Preparation
- Peel and chop the carrot, sweet potato, and onion. Sauté the onion in oil for 3 minutes. Add the vegetables and ginger, sauté for 2 more minutes.
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Cover with broth and cook over medium heat for 20 minutes until the vegetables are tender. Blend with an immersion blender until you get a fine, velvety cream.
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Shred the roasted chicken into thick strips. Serve the cream in deep bowls with the chicken in the center and pumpkin seeds on top. A drizzle of olive oil finishes the dish.
Nutritional Information
| 380 | 36g | 32g | 12g |
| Calories | Proteins | Carbs | Fats |
Benefits
- ✓ The beta-carotene from carrots and sweet potatoes (pro-vitamin A) is essential for repairing muscle tissues damaged during exercise.
- ✓ Pumpkin seeds are a source of zinc and tryptophan, which promotes melatonin production for quality restorative sleep.
- ✓ A warm soup at night activates the parasympathetic nervous system (relaxation), preparing the body for nocturnal recovery.
Star Ingredients
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Carrot + Sweet Potato Antioxidant beta-carotene, vitamin A for tissue repair, and moderate glycemic index carbohydrates to recharge glycogen. |
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Pumpkin seeds Zinc for testosterone synthesis and tryptophan, a melatonin precursor. The athlete's nighttime snack. |
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Ginger powder Natural anti-inflammatory that reduces post-workout muscle soreness and improves nocturnal peripheral circulation. |
🌙 Fitness tip: A comforting and anabolic autumn-winter dinner. The warmth of the soup relaxes muscles strained by training. Sweet potato recharges glycogen for the next day's workout. Chicken protein repairs tissue while you sleep. Triple benefit in a single dish.
🏋️ Combine with Kyos Sport
After intense leg training days. Sweet potato recharges the glycogen in large muscles (quads, hamstrings, glutes) depleted by squats and deadlifts with your Kyos Sport rack and Olympic barbell. Recover well today to perform better tomorrow.
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