Frugal Tomato Soup with Canned Tomatoes

Canned tomatoes gathering mud in your pantry? Remodel these ignored cans into the creamiest tomato soup you’ve ever tasted. With only a few components and quarter-hour, you may ditch the metallic store-bought stuff for selfmade tomato soup that’s genuinely soul-soothing.

Frugal Tomato Soup

I like making new recipes that use loads of pantry staples and are super frugal. Throughout our present time of utilizing up as many pantry meals as we will to eat down the pantry stockpile, I observed that I wanted to make use of a BUNCH of canned tomatoes.

One chilly day, I made a decision that I’d determine tips on how to make them right into a tasty soup recipe to take pleasure in with the grilled cheese sandwiches that I used to be additionally planning on making. One in all my youngsters had a sore throat as nicely so I assumed that soup can be the proper addition to the day.

BUT, I used to be fairly late in getting lunch prepared on this explicit day so I additionally wanted one thing I may make tremendous rapidly. This recipe simply hits so many packing containers!

Let’s get into it. I hope you want this as a lot as we do!

How Is This Frugal?

Canned tomatoes at present price round $0.99. I paid $1.24 per can for the natural tomatoes proven within the image under. The spices price a few cents, the water price nothing. The oil to fry in price pennies. A small onion prices about $0.25.

$1.24 x 2 + $0.25 + $0.50 (if we’re being very beneficiant on the price of spices and oil) = $3.23 for 4 servings or $0.81 per serving.

Substances in Tomato Soup

• Canned Tomatoes. That is our star ingredient! You need to use the no-salt canned tomatoes if you wish to fully management the quantity of salt in your soup. Any type of plain canned tomato will work on this recipe regardless of the way it’s reduce, as a result of we’re going to mix it anyway. If you wish to get fancy, use canned san marzano tomatoes.
• Onion. Yellow or white onion will work finest on this recipe however use what you’ve.
• Water or Broth. In case you have rooster broth or vegetable broth, that can give this recipe a bit extra taste. However should you don’t, simply use water for the tremendous frugal traditional model.
• Dried Basil. Since this recipe doesn’t have another spices however salt, basil will actually assist give it some taste. You could possibly even use fresh basil if you are growing some!
• Salt. That is our predominant taste booster on this soup. I used sea salt, however you should use no matter variety you’ve available.

Step By Step Directions for Making Tomato Soup with Canned Tomatoes

Cube your onion and place in a small quantity of olive oil or unsalted butter in a saucepan, small dutch oven, or small pot. Fry the onion till translucent.

Add within the water (or broth) and the salt.

Add within the canned tomatoes (together with all the liquid). Add the basil final.

Stir the combination till it simmers on a medium warmth. As soon as it’s heat by and simmering, fastidiously place it in a blender (or use an immersion blender) and mix the soup till it’s a easy puree. I’ve a Blendtec Blender.

Serve the soup straight away. It may be served plain or with additional toppings to present it a bit additional.

Upgrades to Easy Tomato Soup

• Add a sprinkle of parmesan cheese to the highest. Mozzarella cheese can also be superb.
• Put just a few croutons on the highest of the soup earlier than serving.
• Add a bit cream or coconut cream into the soup earlier than mixing to present it a bit extra fats and taste and create a cream of tomato soup.
• High it with a dollop of bitter cream.
• Serve your soup with a grilled cheese sandwich on the aspect.
• Different herbs and spices you would add to extend the flavour might be: black pepper, oregano, thyme, garlic, pink pepper flakes, or perhaps a little sugar.
• Crumble some toasted bread, crackers, or different crunchy issues on prime should you don’t have any croutons for garnishes.

How you can Retailer Leftover Tomato Soup

Any leftover tomato soup might be saved in an hermetic container within the fridge till you might be able to take pleasure in it once more. It ought to final within the fridge for as much as 5 days.

Reheat the tomato soup within the microwave or on the stovetop.

You can too freeze this soup to take pleasure in it even later. Nonetheless, it could separate after being thawed. You may need to re-run it by the blender after thawing.

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Merissa Alink

Merissa has been running a blog about and living the simple life since 2009 and has internationally revealed 2 books on the subject. You may examine Merissa’s journey from penniless to freedom on the About Page. You may ship her a message any time from the Contact Page.

This recipe for Tomato Soup With Canned Tomatoes was initially posted on Little Home Residing in October 2023.