Tomato Soup with Fresh Tomatoes… in a Blender!
The tomatoes have already come and gone around these parts, but fortunately you don’t need garden fresh tomatoes to make this delicious, nutritious, and super easy blender soup! It seems like just a couple of weeks ago that I was up to my eyeballs in tomatoes from my garden, but those days are a fond memory now, with snow on the ground.
The good news is that my bumper crop of tomatoes inspired me to find tomato recipes, and my search led me to this incredibly easy and delicious blender recipe for fresh tomato soup. Grocery store tomatoes work just fine for this, since roasting them gives them a boost of flavor.
This soup could not be simpler to put together. Roasted tomatoes, onions, and garlic are blended with fresh basil into the most luxurious and fresh-tasting tomato soup you’ve ever tasted. Even the pickiest of eaters will fall in love! :-)
Easy Tomato Soup with Fresh Tomatoes (Blender Recipe)
Ingredients:
- 8-10 tomatoes, halved (I used a dozen or so because some of mine were pretty small)
- 2 medium onions, quartered
- 4 cloves garlic
- 2-3 Tbsp olive oil
- 1/3 cup sliced fresh basil
- salt and pepper, to taste
Directions:
Place the halved tomatoes, quartered onions, and garlic cloves into a large bowl and add the oil. Season well with salt and pepper, and stir well to coat.
Pour the oiled and seasoned vegetables onto a baking tray, and roast at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes, remove the tray from the oven and admire how lovely your roasted veggies look while they cool for a few minutes. ;-)
Place the veggies into your blender, along with the sliced basil.
If you have a Blendtec blender, you’ll definitely want to use the “soup” function, which is the button on the very right under the power button. Not only does the soup function create the perfect silky smooth texture, it also heats the soup as well! Since the vegetables are still warm from the oven, the soup comes out at the perfect temperature once it’s done blending!
If you don’t have a soup setting on your blender, just pour the mixture into a pot and heat it over the stove. You can also use an immersion blender and smooth the soup out right in the pot!
Once the soup is blended, add salt and pepper to taste. If your soup is too thick, you can add a little vegetable broth or water to thin it out a bit. Serve with some crusty bread or a nice grilled cheese sandwich, and enjoy! :-)
Storing Leftover Tomato Soup
You can store leftover soup in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week. You can freeze any leftovers too — it’s wonderful to have soup in the freezer for those hectic days when you get home late and tired!
To freeze the soup, let it cool completely, then freeze it in an airtight container for up to three months. To serve, thaw the soup in the fridge overnight and reheat on the stove. You can also freeze the soup in individual servings and use the microwave to thaw and reheat them.
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Easy Blender Tomato-Basil Soup
Ingredients
- 8-10 tomatoes halved
- 2 medium onions quartered
- 4 cloves garlic
- 2-3 Tbsp olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- ⅓ cup fresh basil sliced
Instructions
- Place halved tomatoes, quartered onions, and garlic cloves in a large bowl, then drizzle with oil and season liberally with salt and pepper. Stir well to coat.
- Empty the bowl onto a baking sheet and roast at 400°F for 30 minutes.
- Remove baking sheet from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes.
- Place roasted vegetables in blender along with sliced basil and blend until smooth.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Warm the soup further on your stovetop, if necessary, then serve.
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Do you have a favorite tomato recipe?
I was looking for a new tomato soup. Thanks!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.A warm broccoli cheese soup is just right for cooler fall nights.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.So glad it’s fall – I love Potato & Hatch Green Chile Soup!!!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I love all soups! I especially like ground beef vegetable(onion, potatoes, carrots, chop squash, and whatever else you have in fridge). Then the next day add 1-2 T chili powder to transform into red chili stew! It’s great.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.OMG!!!! I love soup. French onion, potato and beef barley are some of my faves.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I’m a little confused. The blog entry starts out saying that fresh tomatoes are not necessary to make this soup but the recipe itself calls fir fresh tomatoes. Sounds great, but fresh tomatoes are gone and just a fond memory in my part of the country.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My favorite is Creamy Chicken Wild Rice Soup.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I love many different kinds of soups, but one of my favorites is a Chicken Tortilla Soup.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I love Broccoli Cheese soup and Loaded Baked Potato Soup!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I would like to try this recipe, but I don’t have a blender.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Tomato basil is my favorite.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I make a Tomato Basil Soup but your recipe looks so much easier I am going to try it. The roasting of the veggies must add a smoky flavor that my recipe does not have and that makes this recipe a must to try.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Rosemary Corn Soup is my favorite! Love rosemary!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My favorite recipe is Black Bean Soup.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.i love tomato soup! I’ve never made my own but I think I’m going to try this one. My favorite home made soup is white chicken chili.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I’m begging for soup every day! I’m fighting bronchitis and have no appetite for anything save soup – fresh, hot soup! Seafood gumbo, vegetable, chicken noodle. . . everything soup. I’ve seen a Blendtec demo and am sure it will satisfy!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Tomato Basil is one of my favorites — but have also recently discovered roasted butternut squash soup. Both are really good!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Tortilla soup is my favorite!!!!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.At a recent dinner, I had a wonderful squash-corn soup that I went home and successfully replicated by adapting another recipe — so proud of myself. It’s my new favorite.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Favorite soup is potato and I really am in need if a new blender!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I love making creamy potato soup! Especially this time of year. Thank you so much for hosting this giveaway!!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.The wonderful Blendtec would be great to have! Although it wouldn’t work so well with my favorite soup! Creamy Chicken with Wild Rice!!!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I love, love, love chicken soup with all the fresh onions and potatoes and carrots, and iron skillet baking powder biscuits.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I LOVE ANY KIND OF SOUP BUT MY FAVORITE IS POTATO SOUP SERVED WITH CORNBREAD.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.How can I choose just one? I love soup! Any kind of soup!
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