It’s simple skinny tomato soup. Low in calories, carbs, fat and cost. This soup is so full of tomato flavour it could make you reluctant to go back to ever buying tinned soup ever again!
This simple skinny tomato soup is exactly what it says on the tin. Except it’s not from a tin!
OK, so you do use tins of tomatoes to make the soup but otherwise the rest of the contents (and there are few) are not from a tin they’re just basic kitchen staples.
This simple skinny tomato soup is one of our top comfort foods.
It’s packed full of antioxidants linked to slowing down the aging process.
It serves as an excellent source of vitamin A, important for tissue development and vitamin C, helping to keep our cells healthy.
Plus it’s cholesterol free!
Not surprising then that it’s one of our favourite soups eh? 🙂
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 large onion chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic crushed
- A handful of basil leaves roughly chopped about 10g
- 1 tbsp tomato puree
- 2 x 400g tins of chopped tomatoes
- ½ L vegetable stock
- 1 tbsp corn flour mixed with 2 tbsp. cold water
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- One or 2 chopped basil leaves for garnish
- In a large saucepan heat the olive oil, then add the chopped onion and crushed garlic and sauté until softened (about 6 minutes). Stir every now and then, you don’t want the garlic to burn.
- Add the chopped basil leaves, tomato puree, tinned tomatoes and vegetable stock and stir everything together well.
- Bring the soup mixture to the boil, then turn down the heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Blitz the soup mixture with a food processor / a liquidiser or blender.
- Stir in the corn flour mixture and stirring every now and then allow the soup to simmer and thicken, roughly 5 minutes.
- Season to taste and then ladle the soup into serving bowls and garnish with the basil leaves.
You can use low fat calorie spray instead of the olive oil which would decrease the calories further. I like to use olive oil myself to keep the soup “authentic”.
This soup is ideal for freezing.
In Scotland at the time of me writing this we are being battered by storms and heavy snow.
You can imagine how warming and consoling a bowl of this simple skinny tomato soup is, especially with some freshly baked wholemeal bread.
If you’re looking for other fantastic and easy tomato based budget soup ideas then how about :-
Tomato and Courgette Soup – a simple tasty and really easy to make soup. Nutritious and low cost you’ll want to add this to your quick healthy meals list, especially for lunch!
or
Mediterranean Vegetable Soup – just 100 calories per serving and at the same time it’s full of flavour and extremely filling. If you’re feeling that you’ve over indulged a little recently, then this soup is a great aid to weight loss and will help you get right back in shape again!
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Soup sounds so good right now!
Thanks Jill. 🙂
I just had this for my lunch, much needed on a day like today whilst there is a gale howling outside! 😉
Looks lovely. Thank you for joining the #SuperSoup linky 🙂
Thank you Jo.
Looking forward to seeing lots of great soups. Love soup!! 😀
i love tomato soup! remind to make this with a gluten free grilled cheese! YUM!
Ooh that sounds lovely Lindsay. Cheese and Tomato what a combination!!
Tomato soup is one of my comfort foods too! I adore it! Once when I had gum surgery and was off solid foods for 4 weeks – I drank tomato soup like it was my job! Yours looks so hearty, Neil!
Hope you and Lynn stay safe and warm!
Thanks Shashi, trying to keep warm here! 🙂
Gum surgery sounds nasty. I hope the tomato soup you had was good and aided your speedy recovery!
Thanks for the follow Rebecca, and thanks for checking out my recipes. I loved your site so following you too! 🙂
As a fellow blogger living in Scotland you’ll appreciate just how well this soup is going down at the moment! 😀
Loving this recipe Neil, exactly what we need on these cold days! And healthy as anything too, I’m definitely trying it!
Hello Ellen, thanks for your kind words!
Yes, it’s still -2.5 outside in Glasgow as I write this. So definitely soup for this weather. I ventured to the gym this morning, and then straight back home to a nice warm house! 🙂
Loved your blog and loved your article about Las Vegas where Lynne and I were last year for a holiday. Ah, seems so long ago 😉
Hi,
Love this soup, but am just wondering exactly how much soup is in each serving?
Hi Claire. Thanks so much for your kind comment.
The recipe card provides details as to the number of servings, which is 4 servings for this soup. When I make this, following the exact quantities in the recipe card, it generally makes approximately 300ml – 400ml per serving. Hope this helps! 🙂
Hey Neil! The given recipe of tomato soup is looking so tasty and delicious. Tomato soup is one of my favorite food to me. I love it so much. Thanks you so much for sharing it.
Hi Malin, thank you so much for your comment.
I’m so glad you like my tomato soup, it’s one of my most popular recipes! 🙂