Simple Tomato Soup
This simple tomato recipe boasts ultimate healing benefits: it is steamed not roasted, can be made no-fat, and includes healing ingredients like onion, garlic, and basil.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 6-8 Tomatoes one the vine or plum tomatoes
- 1 large onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- 6 cups vegetable broth
- 1 tsp black pepper, freshly ground
- ½ cup arrow root starch to thicken
- 6-8 basil leaves, ribboned
- Sea salt to taste
Instructions
- Steam tomatoes in the steamer for about 20 minutes.
- Once steamed, peel the skin off the tomatoes.
- Sauté onion in 3 tbsp of vegetable broth.
- After 1 - 2 minutes add in the crushed garlic and cook for 2 - 3 minutes.
- Then add in 6 cups of vegetable broth.
- Season with black pepper and sea salt, if using.
- Using a hand blender puree the soup.
- Add in the arrowroot starch to thicken.
- Serve with a dollop of coconut milk or homemade cashew sauce. Omit if remaining fat-free.
- Garnish with chopped basil and serve hot!