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?
My favorite soup is my homemade vegetable beef made with a roast, the fresh broth, v-8 juice, and all kinds of wonderful veggies.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Potato soup with bacon and noodles, soo good and warming
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Roasted sweet potato, carrot & ginger :)
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I’m a big fan of Pasta Fagioli!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Ensure hat for Thanksgiving I make a Broccoli and Potato Cheese soup, is THE BEST! I also recently griped tools split pea soup and it was a huge hit!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I love tortilla soup and homemade chicken noodle with drop dumplings! Delicious! Thanks!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Give me a nice butternut squash soup with the roasted seeds on top…yum! There is a black and white bean soup Im a big fan of as well!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I love soups as the weather get’s cool!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I could eat soup everyday! Favorites I’ve made are Tomato Basil and Potato Leek.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Grandma’s chicken noodle soup. Classic, comforting and yummy!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.chicken dumpling soup is the best but that is b/c my husband makes it and i don’t have do a thing
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My favorite homemade soup would be my MIL’s beef vegetable. It took me many years to figure out what I was doing wrong.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I would love to own a blender that heats soups as it blends! The blender that I’ve had for the past few years is just not cutting the mustard, and I would love to try out all the fun features that a Blendtec has.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I am a big fan of pretty much all soups, but Thanksgiving soup is always a hit. Take the leftover gravy and turkey and make a dense stock, then add vegetables. If you have stuffing, you can add it on top or add noodles!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Vegetable soup sounds like a great way to get more vegetables into my picky-eater husband!
Thanks for all your great posts, Jillie! I don’t know how you do it!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I love tomato soup with grilled cheese! I will definitely have to try this recipe.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I love a hearty potato, bacon, corn chowder in the fall and winter.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.my favorite soup is potato with sausage, kale, red pepper flake and sometimes cheese. It’s warm and filling not to mention delicious!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Well, my soup doesn’t use a blender but here it is.
Harriet Hornsby Minstrone
In a soup pot
Saute 1# hamburger
drain all but 2Tbsp fat
saute 1 cup onion
put hamburger back in
Add:
1 large can tomatoes(I get whole and cut into chunks)
1 cup chopped cabbage
1 cup slice carrots
3/4 cup sliced celery
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
Bring to boil
Add:
1 1/2 quart water
1/2 cup uncooked brown rice
2 bay leaves
1/2 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp basil
2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
Simmer for 1 hour.
Family recipe and don’t know HOW the name truly came about.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I love a good chicken corn chowder, cream of asparagus, baked potato soup. This tomato one sounds amazing…If only I had a blendtec :)
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My favorite soup is Taco Soup. It makes a filling complete meal.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I love vegetable soup
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I like soup….a lot, but my most favorite is called Skinny Chicken Tortilla soup. Yum!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Split pea soup.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Tomato basil soup at a local restaurant is my favorite, thank you for this recipe! I would love to be able to make it at home.
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