Soup in a Minute
(it actually takes about 16 minutes, but it’s quick!)
Ingredients:
½ cup (40 grams) uncooked Wel-plan Short Cut
Spaghetti
 cup (45 grams) thinly sliced or diced carrots
1 package George Washington’s Seasoning and Broth or
1 teaspoon Wyler’s Chicken bouillon granules
2 cups water
1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
½ teaspoon salt
dash of dried herbs of your choice
Directions:
1. Slice or dice carrots using the knife safely.
2. In a medium saucepan (or electric frying pan) mix all ingredients
together.
3. Cover and bring to a boil over high heat.
4. Turn heat down to low
5. Cover and simmer for 12 minutes or until all ingredients are very
tender.
Makes 2 cups.
Phe count:
Using George Wash. Broth
Using Wyler’s bouillon
6 mg phe/ ½ cup of soup = ½ exchange
13 mg phe/ ½ cup of soup = 1 exchange
Adapted from Low Protein Cookery for PKU , second edition by Virginia E. Schuett.
Look there for more “Quick and Easy” recipes starting on page 291.
Know to Grow
Handout C4-a
© University of Wisconsin-Madison 1998
Now We’re
Cookin’
 Wash your hands
 Gather ingredients
What do you need for this recipe?
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 Gather equipment
What equipment do you need to make this recipe?
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 Measure ingredients
 Make recipe
 Serve appealingly
 Enjoy
 Clean-up
Know to Grow
Handout C4-b
© University of Wisconsin-Madison 1998
Find the three instant
dry soups that are
lowest in phe
If you ate 1 cup of
prepared soup would
this fit into your daily
phe count?
How much phe per
½ cup prepared soup?
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yes/no
yes/no
yes/no
The Low Protein Food List for PKU lists the phe counts for ½ cup prepared soup.
But the phe counts start adding up if you eat more.
Find the soups with the lowest phe.
Find condensed
soups that are
< 60 mg
(4 exch.)
per ½ cup
prepared.
Phe in
½ cup
Does
this fit
your
meal
plan?
Would
you try
this for
lunch?
What
would go
with this
soup to
fill you
up?
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Y/N
Y/N
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Y/N
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Y/N
Y/N
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Y/N
Y/N
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Know to Grow
Handout C4-c
© University of Wisconsin-Madison 1998
Adapted from “Soup Time!” by Christine M. Trahms, MS, RD
PKU Clinic, Child Development And Mental Retardation Center
University of Washington
Phe Check-off
Favorite foods
amount
phe
More Favorites
amount
phe
Even more
cereals
fruits & juices
vegetables
breads
chips and crackers
soups
Spreads/condiments
sweets
pasta/potato/rice
Breakfast
Know to Grow
Handout C4-d
Lunch
Dinner
© University of Wisconsin-Madison 1998
amount
Snacks
phe
Plowing Through the Food Lists
Remember the first time you looked through the PKU food lists? If you
are an accountant-type you may have loved the food lists for the PKU diet
and all those rows and rows of numbers neatly organized on the page. Or
it may have all looked pretty overwhelming. As your child matures and
starts asking questions about foods, consulting the food lists may be an
exciting time of discovery or a crushing task.
In clinic we became acquainted with the lists today while completing
the “Soup Search” handout. If your child is not familiar or comfortable in
using the lists please continue to use them together at home. Here are
some ideas for using the lists together.
 Remind your child that the list is a tool. It does not have to be memorized and
there will never be a quiz on it. You use it as you need it.
 Take some time to explain the sections and column headings.
 To make it easier to focus in on the pertinent information for your family, highlight
the columns that are most helpful to you with a highlighting marker. For instance,
if you count exchanges of phe that equal 15 mg of phe per exchange it may be
useful to highlight the “measure” and “number of exchanges” columns. If you
consistently use a gram scale and count milligrams you may want to highlight the
”Mg Phe/Gm Food” column.
 If you haven’t looked for a while, explore together the listings of one categorycrackers and snacks for example. Have you gotten into a rut and forgotten how
low some of the rice cakes or other snack foods are?
 If you count exchanges it may be helpful to create another column that tells the
portion size for one exchange so you or your child don’t have to calculate each
time. Or write in these amounts on the Phe Check-off so your child has a
simplified list to consult.
Make this important tool work for your family.
Know to Grow
Handout C4-e
Family Letter
© University of Wisconsin-Madison 1998