Make up a big pot of this delicious Cream of Tomato Soup - a perfect recipe for the whole family.
My kids love soup, so I make up a pot regularly, it's a great way of getting vegetables into fussy ones (adults and children).
I don't know about you, but cream of tomato soup, always brings back childhood memories for me. It's a soup I would eat regularly, great when you feel poorly but usually served with thick white bread spread with lashings of butter. Unfortunately the latter isn't something I can entertain anymore, but for me, bread and butter is my weakness. I can't stop at just one or two slices, so for that reason I tend to avoid it altogether.
"But you can't have a bowl of cream of tomato soup without something to dunk into it", I hear you say and that is very true, but there are so many other options for turning that little bowl of soup into something more filling. You could make a nice sandwich to go with it.
Other things you can do, is top with some protein. I love adding shredded cooked chicken to the top of my soup or even some sliced cooked sausages. But a really great things is this delicious Cheesy Garlic Cauliflower Bread, it is cheesy and garlicky and just perfect for dunking in this delicious Cream of Tomato Soup.
But how do you get soup creamy while still keeping it healthy? Well I have recently been using cottage cheese in lots of recipes and this comes from someone who hates cottage cheese as it is, with all those curds. Bleurgh!! It's isn't something that appeals to me.
However, if you blend, so that it is smooth, it tastes lovely and creamy and is perfect for sweets/desserts or for adding a little bit of creaminess to savoury dishes. I actually prefer it to quark, as it doesn't have that sour taste like quark does. Plus quark is pretty hard to get here in Canada anyway, there is only one store I have found that stocks it, and they don't always have some. So this works out as a perfect alternative for those of you who live out of the UK who struggle to find quark.
For the tomato part of the soup, I use a mixture of canned crushed tomatoes and fresh grape tomatoes. I recommend not skipping the fresh tomatoes, as they just make any sauce or soup taste so much better in my opinion. Canned Tomatoes tend to be acidic in taste because of how they have been preserved, but fresh tomatoes when cooked are lovely and sweet and so they compliment this Cream of Tomato Soup perfectly.
I also add as little bit of Sukrin Gold ( a natural brown sugar sweetener with no aftertaste and my preferred choice when making baked goods or wanting to sweeten things). Up until my discover of this, I would just use honey or maple syrup, as I hate that aftertaste that certain sweeteners can have, but this really does taste good.
To blend my soup so that it is really smooth, I use my Nutri Ninja Blender with Auto IQ (click to see me on amazon). This blender is amazing. The auto iq technology feature, mean it blends to a set pattern depending on what it is your are making, so my soups are lovely and smooth and perfect.
This soup can be made stove top or in an Instant Pot (which is a multi function Pressure Cooker and one of my most used kitchen items). This is one of the best things I have ever bought and I use it almost daily in one way or another.
It is basically a 7in1 cooker, and it slow cooks, pressure cooks, saute's, has settings for soup, chilli, rice, porridge and even makes yoghurt (I haven't tried that yet). Hey I even cook my boiled eggs in this, you should see how effortlessly they peel.
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This yummy comforting Cream of Tomato Soup is also perfect for freezing, so tub up some leftovers when you make a batch, so that you have some on hand for another day.
Recipe Card
Cream of Tomato Soup
This recipe is gluten free, vegetarian, Slimming and Weight Watchers friendly
WW Smart Points - 0
Ingredients
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 carrot, finely chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
- 1.5 cups (360ml) of fresh grape tomatoes
- 28oz (800g) can of crushed tomatoes
- 2 tbs of tomato paste
- 4 cups (960ml) of chicken or vegetable stock
- 1 tbs of sukrin: gold (or other sweetener of choice)
- ½ cup (120ml) of fat free cottage cheese
- 1 teaspoon of mixed Italian Herbs
- salt and black pepper to season
- spray oil
- fresh parsley.
Instructions
- Spray deep saucepan with spray oil
- Add the onion and fry for 5 mins to soften
- Add the garlic and fry for a further 2 mins to infuse flavour.
- Add the carrot, crushed tomatoes, fresh grape tomatoes, stock, tomato paste, Italian herbs and sukrin:gold
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 40 minutes.
- Add the cottage cheese to a blender and blend till smooth. Remove and set aside.
- Once soup is ready, blend in a blend until smooth.
- Then add a little bit of the cottage cheese at a time, pulse the blade of the blender a few times, until all combined.
- Season as needed with salt and black pepper.
- Garnish with fresh parsley.
Notes
Instant Pot - set to saute mode, spray with oil, fry onion and garlic. Add all other ingredients, except cottage cheese. Add lid, close valve and set to 10 minutes high pressure. Let pressure release naturally. Then follow the steps for cottage cheese blending.
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Nutrition Information
Yield 4 Serving Size 1 servingAmount Per Serving Calories 126Total Fat 0.6gSaturated Fat 0.1gCholesterol 1.3mgSodium 511mgCarbohydrates 23.9gFiber 5.2gSugar 3.1gProtein 9.6g
Cleardee1 says
Very tasty and simple to make! My daughter happily ate two bowls of it and she is fussy!
Sharon Stringfellow says
This is so yummy
Gill says
What are grape tomatoes please?
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
similar to cherry tomatoes, but shaped like a grape 🙂
Shelley urquhart says
Omg ... I hate cottage even in quiche ... but I gave this a go and I am sooo glad I did ... it's absolutely yummy .. I used cherry tomatoes as I wasn't sure what grape tomatoes were ... once I dished it up I added a splash of Worcester sauce .. thankyou siobhan this is another that will be made regularly x
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
So glad you enjoyed it Shelley - Cherry Tomatoes are almost the same, the grape ones are just shaped like grapes. You could actually use any size tomatoes really as long as it's the same quantity, that was all I had in at the time.
Kim fordham says
Nicest tomato soup I've ever had, there's no way I'm buying a tin of Heinz again!!
Niki says
Absolutely love this soup. Bit of a glut of yellow plum tomatoes in the garden which are extra sweet so I left out the sweetener. I find this recipe much tastier than the SW one with the baked beans (personally I find that one a bit of a waste of baked beans!) And absolutely love the idea of using the cottage cheese to make it creamy. Works a treat. Thank you. x
Nicola says
Don’t quite look like the picture but never less it tastes delightful
Norma says
I made this yesterday when my daughter came for lunch and it’s yummy!
Laura says
Thank you so much for this recipe - delicious!! - will be making this again soon xxx
Perri says
How long will this soup last in the fridge?
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
Hi Perri - it should be okay for 3-4 days
K says
Can this be frozen ?
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
It sure can - enjoy
Jen says
Hey, can this be reheated in the microwave after being frozen? Should I leave the cottage cheese out? Thanks 🙂
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
it's fine to add the cottage cheese and reheating.
Anita Huckle says
Made this yesterday and just reheated and had a bowl full.......Absolutely delicious. Thought I’d never replace my also yummy leek & potato but now I’ll be in a quandary as to which to make
Jess says
I'd really like to try this! Can you make this in a soup maker?
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
Hi Jess, I don't own a soup maker, so unfortunately can't say how it will turn out, but I should think it will be okay 🙂
Lesley Gordon says
Can’t get cottage cheese in Turkey where I live - could I use plain quark instead?
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
you can certainly give it a try 🙂
Lynne preece says
I made this today. Although I blended it well it did have some small tomato pips in, which tasted bitter when you ate them, so I put it through the fine sieve, much better. I also had to use 0% greek yogurt as my cottage chess had gone off - eek. Anyway it was lovely and will definitely make it again.
Gemma says
If I use quark or yougurt do you think you can still freeze and reheat thanks
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
I haven't tested it with quark or yoghurt so couldn't say how it will turn out, do let me know if you try.
Stacy says
Do i have to skin the grape tomatoes?
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
nope they can just be added in as they are.
Lisa says
I have just made this using cherry tomatoes and quark. It tastes well yummy. Even hubby likes 🙂
Donna Hitchmough says
Definitely the best tomato soup I've ever made, love the creamy yet tomatoey flavour. It's delicious!
Denise says
Made 1/2 a batch of this tonight as I wasn’t sure if I’d like it. I needn’t have worried, it was lush!
I used large tomatoes which I chopped up and it blended brilliantly smooth. Fabulous, thank you
Karen says
This soup is delIcious, not at all bitter like some home made tomato soups are. Another great slimming eats recipe.
Marnie says
Could this be made in a soup maker?
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
I don't own a soup make unfortunately, so you would need to try it yourself.
Ann says
My absolute favourite tomato soup recipe. I substitute quark for the cottage cheese. Makes a huge pan full!
Wendy Cushnie says
I dont like cottage cheese or quark, could I use light cream cheese,
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
you don't even notice it is in there, it's all blended until smooth and just makes the soup have a creamy taste.