Soup and Salad

So here's a tidbit of an idea that I'm trying right now for the first time: put down a layer of salad in your bowl before you serve up your soup, stir it in, and enjoy! This adds low- calorie, high nutrition bulk to your meal, helping you to eat less of the higher calorie soup. I think this is a brilliant idea, (I can say that because its not my own,) because if you have a salad on the side you feel the need to add dressing. If you have salad alone it can be dissatisfying. And let's be honest: more often than not we skip the salad and go straight for the more appetizing soup. Anyway... Just a thought!