Tomato Basil Soup

This Tomato Basil Soup recipe is so easy to make, and so flavorful! Bonus: It has celery and onions hiding in it, and your kiddos won’t even know!

I LOVE having recipes that are healthier, without the kids knowing it, that they absolutely love! This Tomato Basil Soup is just that! If your kids are anything like mine, they’ll love this soup! Each time we have it, they “ooh” and “ahh” and “mmm!” the soup. That’s a big win in the mom world!

This soup comes together extremely easily! A little veggy sauteing, and some blending ingredients in the blender, before you know it, you have a delightful dinner the entire family will love!(yes, I MEAN IT when I say the kids will love it!)

The warmth, the robust flavor, the creaminess..I’m salivating just thinking about it! Serve it with a Caesar salad, or dip some garlic bread in it! In our house, we like to grate fresh Asiago cheese into each bowl. Mmm mmm mmm! You’ll want to make this recipe over and over again!

Grab your little helpers, and let’s make this Tomato Basil Soup!

You will need a blender to make this soup. You CAN use an inversion blender, but it doesn’t get all the chunks out, and my kiddos have found onions in the past. Heaven forbid they have to eat them! Lol.

The blender and a large saucepan are all the equipment you’ll need! So easy!

Ingredients:

• Basil
• Slivered almonds
• Grated parmesan cheese
• Minced garlic
• Olive oil
• Salt
• Butter
• Onion
• Celery
• Fresh tomatoes(for canned, see notes below)
• Heavy cream

Instructions:

1. Dice the onion and celery.

2. In a large saucepan, melt butter.

3. Saute the diced onions, celery, sugar, and dried basil until t translucent, 5-7 minutes.

4. When done sauteing, remove pan from heat and allow onions and celery to cool.

5. In a blender, add fresh basil, slivered almonds, parmesan cheese, minced garlic, olive oil, and salt.

6. Blend until smooth.

7. Wash and cut tomatoes into quarters.

8. Add sauteed onions and celery to the blender, as well as 1/3 of the tomatoes, and blend until smooth.

9. Pour the blended ingredients back into the pan.

10. Add remaining tomatoes to the blender and blend until smooth, then add to the pan with the other ingredients.

11. Simmer on low/med. for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. We don’t want the soup to stick to the bottom of the pan.

*At this point, the mixture can start to look thick and weird, that’s normal. Just stir it back in and keep simmering.*

12. After simmering 30 minutes, add the heavy cream and give it a good stir. (You’ll want to CAREFULLY taste it here, to see if it needs pepper or more salt. CAUTION: The soup is HOT!)

13. After adding the cream, let the soup simmer 5 minutes more.

14. Serve and enjoy!

My family and I ALWAYS do garlic bread dipped in the soup. We also grate fresh Asiago into each bowl(when we can find Asiago). Occasionally, we’ll do a Caesar salad with it, if we have the ingredients to make one.

You can make French Bread from scratch, or buy store-bought. Depending on my schedule, I’ll do either.

This Tomato Basil Soup recipe is absolutely amazing! My family and I hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

Happy cooking!