You say tomatoes.....

Picked up a bag of overripe tomatoes for 20p yesterday, just made wonderful tomato and basil soup ( 2 big portions at just under 70kcals a portion)

Recipe. Tomato and basil soup.

In a pan bung 1 sliced red onion, 200g deseeded weight of tomatoes ( leave skin on), 200g passatta, 300ml water, 1/2 veg stock cube and 1/2 tsp dried basil. Bring to a bubble, then simmer for 20 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes, then blitz until smooth.

This is a very rich and filling soup. I have also used it as a sauce in the past for pasta and topped with light mozzarella and fresh basil leaves.

I will take my leave now to partake of said soup......

[jano432]

Great idea....can be done with tinned tomatoes too, which i am told contain more vitamins.

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You can used tinned tommies, but I do find the soup not as rich or thick 😀

[Hidden]

Is there a covert Mary Berry in our midst? Shall have to try this one - many thanx

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Far from Mary Berry, lol, but flattery gets you brownie points. Now if you had said Fanny Craddock I think I would be making a little voodoo doll right now, hehe.

[sueper]

Thanks for the recipe - to make it even easier I will bung it all in the soup maker and come back 25 mins later!

I love my soup maker