Soups prepared from legumes, fruits or cereals require an addition of fat in the form of butter, oil, the yolk of an egg or cream. A soup of peas, beans, corn or lentils may be prepared from left-over food or fresh cooked legumes. To one cup of cooked legumes add three to five cups of hot water, boil or mix well, then strain. They form a perfect and an economical meal without the addition of other protein foods. Celery, lettuce, raw apples and crackers with butter are a good addition. They should be well masticated, and the soup eaten with them very slowly.
For people of a bilious temperament eggs should not be mixed with milk or sweet foods at the same meal. Tomatoes, tart apples or green leaves, raw or cooked are anti-bilious foods.
For fruit-gelatine use sago, arrowroot, potato-flour or agar agar.
RIGHT AND WRONG FOOD MIXTURES.
DO NOT MIX:
Boiled Eggs and Cheese.
Cherries and Milk.
Fancy Summer Fruits and Onions.
Fancy Summer Fruits and Cucumbers.
Nuts and Excess of Starchy Food.