Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon olive oil (optional)
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 3 - 4 large cloves of garlic (I like lots of garlic so used 4 but adjust to suit your tastes)
- 7 cups of chopped fresh tomatoes (see recipe notes)
- 1 handful of basil (leaves and stalks are fine)
- 1 - 2 teaspoons salt (add to taste)
- Around 1 teaspoon pepper (add to taste)
Recipe Description
Juicy, plump tomatoes & aromatic fresh basil come together beautifully in this simple, fresh and vibrant soup which takes only ten minutes to make.
This Easy Tomato & Basil Soup is for those times when you are feeling virtuous. It is so incredibly easy to make and takes only ten minutes to cook. The flavours are fresh and untainted. The only ingredients are tomatoes, onion, garlic and basil (plus a little oil and seasoning). Because it is cooked so quickly the amazing fresh flavour of the tomato is retained and the wonderful pungent flavour of the basil is conserved by adding it at the very last moment before serving.
The resulting soup is fresh, aromatic and incredibly healthy. No stock is added to this soup. The liquid comes only from the tomatoes which makes the flavour so much better.There are only about 280 calories in the entire pan and it is very low in fat. It can even be made totally fat free by omitting the olive oil and dry frying the onions and tomatoes. If you follow the Slimming World plan you will also be pleased to know that this soup is syn free (if you omit the oil).
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