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 wife’s chili is the best, but I don’t know her recipe exactly.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Britta, thank you for posting that recipe. Roasting the vegetables would definitely add more depth of flavor that seems to be missing in the other recipes i’ve tried. I would love to use the blendtec for my White bean soup. .. Yum
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My favorite soup is my mother-in-law’s Day After Thanksgiving Turkey Soup. Yum!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Love soups–but have not been able to find a favorite one since being diagnosed with both milk and egg allergies. All my old favorites contain either milk or egg noodles! . Can’t wait to try this one!!!! Thanks.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.three ingredient Potato Soup ( an old weight watcher recipe):
Please log in or create a free account to comment.– 1 bag Ore-Ida O’ Brian’s hash browns (they have onions and peppers in them)
-1 packet of country gravy mix (I like the peppered kind)
-6 cups chicken broth
In a medium stock pot whisk the packet of gravy into the broth.
Add potatoes and simmer until potatoes are soft and soup is desired thickness.
How simple! Why have I never tried this. Thanks for the inspiration!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I would make the Tomato -Basil soup…
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Looks Delicious!
I make a mean Tomato Bisque soup. But I also love homemade vegtable beef, potato, chicken noodle. Just a soup fan, they are so easy and so good.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Baked Potato!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My current favorite soup is Squash with green apple soup. So yummy! Can’t wait to try the tomato-basil recipe here, too!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I love beef vegetable soup
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My favorite homemade soup is Chicken Noodle. Just Chicken broth, onion, carrots, celery, chicken some oregano and s&p. Love to have the blendtec. It’s soup weather.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Love making soups in fall and winter- the Blendtec sounds awesome- blend and then ready to eat! I would love to try potato soup!!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I would make a smoothie! I always want to make smoothies, but my blender is terrible.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My favorite soup is lentil soup and sausage. Just parboil the lentils and throw it into a pot with potatoes, onions and some sausage. A BlendTec would allow for some better texture! thx Jillee!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.One of my favorites is a “cold remedy” soup. It is made with broth, carrots, parsnips,onion, celery, and green pepper. Very tasty ! Thanks for your recipe. It sounds so good.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.I love this potato soup recipe that includes cauliflower to cut the calories without sacrificing flavor. It’s so comforting for the fall! The Blendtec would make preparing it so easy!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My favorite soup has to be white bean and Italian sausage, made with a combination of both sweet and spicy Italian sausage. I’m also a fan of tomato basil soup but have never made it with roasted veggies…sounds wonderful!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My sister made pumpkin soup and when I heard about it of course I couldn’t wrap my mind around that even though I love pumpkin anything. Well once I tried it I was hooked. Not something you could eat all the time but this time of the year is a perfect time.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My favorite soups are cold ones. Gaspacho is the best!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.Thanks for a chance to win this awesome prize.
Italian wedding soup. My family loves it.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.my favorite is Barbecue Pizza Chicken soup!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My favorite homemade soup is a taco soup that combines a variety of beans, tomatoes & corn, along with taco seasonings & ground meat. It is so easy and tastes so good! The only problem is that it doesn’t last very long at my house!
Please log in or create a free account to comment.My favorote soup is cream of mushroom.
Please log in or create a free account to comment.would love to make a roasted red pepper & tomato soup
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