A great lunch choice

We have a family friend who has lost a lot of weight over the last year by eating soup for lunch. You may also remember me mentioning the Dana Thornock Eat and Be Lean cookbook/diet. She also likes soups for lunch with a slice of whole grain bread with low fat cream cheese and sugar free preserves. I love soups so this is something easy for me to do. Here is the trick, you have to choose naturally lower fat and lower calorie soups. So the heavy cream based soups aren't going to help.

Here are some good choices from the Campbell's Chunky Soup line. There are other great brands and choices out there, this is just what I grew up with. :) All nutrition info is for half a can, which is plenty!

Grilled Chicken and Sausage Gumbo (spicy, yum!)--140 calories, 2.5 g fat
Beef and Barley--170 calories, 2.5 g fat
Bean and Ham--180 calories, 2 g fat
Grilled Sirloin Steak with Vegetables--130 calories, 2 g fat
Classic Chicken Noodle--110 calories, 2.5 g fat
And this one slipped in, notice the difference in fat content:
Chicken and Corn Chowder--200 calories (not bad), 10 g fat (big difference compared to the others!)

1 slice whole grain bread is about 100 calories, give or take a few depending on what it is, and 1 tablespoon low sugar or sugar free preserves is about 25 calories. Light cream cheese is about 60 calories and 5 g fat for 2 tablespoons. This makes this meal around 250-300 calories depending on the soup you pick. Not too bad!