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Happiness Soup

Forgive the tweeness of the title, but this is a soup of such sunny, mood-enhancing yellowness that it overcomes even the most pervasively innate cynicism. To eat this is to feel cheered; even cooking it gives me a lift. It's incredibly easy to make, but that's not the clincher. This golden broth, rice-thickened and studded with a confetti dice of yellow courgettes and sprightly with lemon is pure joy. You only have to see it to believe it. And not surprisingly in some Middle-Eastern cultures, it is believed, in Claudia Roden's words, that 'eating yellow foods will result in laughter and happiness'. This, then, is a yellow soup to banish the blues.
Updated at: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 15:17:23 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced
Glycemic Index
45
Low
Glycemic Load
13
Moderate

Nutrition per serving

Calories226.8 kcal (11%)
Total Fat11.4 g (16%)
Carbs28.4 g (11%)
Sugars5.1 g (6%)
Protein3.8 g (8%)
Sodium932.4 mg (47%)
Fiber2 g (7%)
% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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