Healthy Tomato Soup Recipe for Busy Cooks

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Here is a healthy and easy Tomato Soup Recipe for those moments when the family is yearning for comfort food like Tomato Soup and a grilled cheese sandwich. As with all soup, I make mine in big batches so I have plenty on hand during the week for lunches, dinners, or snacks at home or on the road out of a thermos. It’s also my favorite treat when I’m training my dog team. I love stopping to rest and eating soup out of a thermos on the trail particularly when I’m training on snow.
Here is my favorite go-to Tomato Soup Recipe.

Tomato Basil Soup

Ingredients
Makes 4-6 servings

  • 1 TBS olive oil
  • 1 onion, minced
  • 1 28oz can crushed tomatoes (make sure there is no added sugar in the list of ingredients)
  • 2 14.5 oz cans diced tomatoes(make sure there is no added sugar in the list of ingredients)
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 3 cups vegetable broth (I prefer the flavor of the veg. broth but you can also use low fat chicken broth)
  • 1/2 cup dry white wine
  • 2-4 TBS sun-dried tomato paste. I use more rather than less.
  • 2 TBS basil
  • Directions

  • Heat the oil and butter in a large saucepan until foaming. Add the onion and cook slowly for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until soft, but do not let brown.
  • Stir in the tomatoes and garlic, stock, white wine, and sundried tomato paste, with salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil. Lower the heat, half-cover the pan, and simmer slowly for 20 minutes.
  • Process the soup with the basil in a food processor or blender.
  • Check consistency and add more stock, if necessary. Adjust the seasoning to taste, pour into bowls and serve.
  • This recipe was adapted from the recipe Tomato and Fresh Basil Soup published by Hermes House, in “SOUP, superb ways with a classic dish” c. 2001.

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