Frugan: Creamy Tomato Soup & WholeSoy & Co Recipes

Creamy tomato soup is probably one of my go to comfort foods. Growing up, it was a special treat when my mother would get canned soup. ( It was our junk food! )

It is simple to make your own healthy and delicious soup in 20 minutes if you have some cooked white beans on hand.

Creamy Tomato Soup

• 2 T olive oil
• 6 cloves crushed garlic
• 1/4 t red pepper flakes ( if desired )
• pinch allspice
• 1 t dried basil
• 1/4 t marjoram
• 1 large onion, diced
• 1 medium carrot, diced
• Pinch salt/pepper
• 1 T balsamic vinegar
• 1 c vegetable stock 
• 3 c canned tomatoes 
• 15 oz white beans 
• 1/2 c fresh herbs of choice ( basil, cilantro, dill, parsley )
• 1/4 c nutritional yeast 
• Salt/pepper to taste

Method:

1. In a heavy bottomed soup pot add oil, garlic and dried spices.
2. Turn heat to medium and cook until the garlic becomes very fragrant
3. Add onion, carrot, pinch salt and pepper; cook well, stirring frequently for 3 minutes. 
4. Deglaze with vinegar; add stock. Cover and turn heat to high. Cook for 10 minutes
5. Meanwhile, add the tomatoes and white beans to a blender and blend until super creamy
6. Add tomato/beans to the soup, turn heat down to medium, cover and cook until hot. 
7. Stir in herbs and nutritional yeast. Taste and adjust salt/pepper levels. 

Yum yum and really easy. This soup freezes well and actually improves chilling out for a couple of weeks. The fresh herbs really infuse the flavor when they are frozen.

Here's the link to the WholeSoy & Co website where I'm the week's featured chef! You can find my recipes for Red Pepper Soup, Scallion Flatbread, Sweet and Savory Cranberry Crostata and Chocolate Mint Cupcakes HERE. They have a lot of great recipes from talented chefs many of us know well from the blogosphere.