SYN FREE TOMATO AND PASTA SOUP | SLIMMING WORLD

This Syn Free Tomato and Pasta Soup is a huge family favourite. When my kids want soup, 9 out of 10 times this is the one they request.  They love it so much, that often when I make this for them, I will double or triple up the recipe, so I can freeze some and put some in their Thermos Food Flasks for them to take to school the next day.

My kids are not huge on sandwiches, they prefer to take warm filling meals in food flask most days, especially when it can be freezing cold and often in the minus temps in the Winter here in Canada.

If you work a busy schedule and don’t have heating facilities to warm up food and get fed up of the same old sandwiches or salads each day. I highly recommend getting a Thermos Food Flask like the one above. Most food flasks will keep food hot for about 8 hours, which is awesome and means yo you can take all kinds of leftovers with you to work. Being able to have a good variety, makes it much healthier to stick to long-term.

INGREDIENTS

• 600g of fresh tomatoes (can use canned, but fresh produces a much better flavour)
• 960ml/4 cups of low sodium chicken or vegetable stock
• 2 sticks of celery, chopped
• 1 carrot, chopped
• 1 large sweet Spanish onion, chopped finely
• 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
• 2 tablespoons of tomato paste (puree)
• 1 tbs of balsamic vinegar
• salt and pepper to season
• spray oil
• fresh basil
• 90g/3oz of uncooked pasta
• 2 teaspoons of sukrin gold (or another sweetener of choice) - optional

METHOD

1. Score the tomatoes and place in bowl of boiling hot water to loosen the skin, peel off skin, roughly chop tomatoes and place in a blender till smooth. Set aside
2. Spray a large saucepan over a medium heat with Frylight or Pam spray
3. Add the onions, celery, garlic and carrot and fry to soften.
4. Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, balsamic vinegar, sugar and stock.
5. Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat and simmer for approx 30 mins
6. Blend approx ¾ of the soup in a blender or food processor. Return it to the saucepan. Add the pasta, some chopped fresh basil and then continue to simmer until the pasta is cooked through and tender.
7. Season with salt and pepper.
8. Enjoy!!

for complete instructions please clikck : www.slimmingeats.com/blog/tomato-and-pasta-soup

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