Easy Creamy Tomato Soup

Use your VitaMix or Blentec blender to make this super delicious tomato soup.

• Ready In: 45 mins
• Serves: 4
• Yields: 6 Cups

Ingredients

• 1 (28 ounce) can whole canned tomatoes
• 3  garlic cloves
• 1 1⁄2 cups  chicken stock or 1 1⁄2 cups  vegitable  stock or 1 1⁄2 cups water
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (to taste)
• 4  teaspoons dried basil, divided
• 2  teaspoons butter
• 1  cup  of finely chopped onion
• 1⁄2 teaspoon paprika or 1⁄2 teaspoon  smoked paprika
• 1⁄2 cup milk or 1⁄2 cup  cream
• 1  teaspoon salt (to taste)
• 1  teaspoon pepper (to taste)
• 1  tablespoon sugar (to taste) or 1  tablespoon Splenda sugar substitute (to taste)

Directions

1. Place tomatoes, garlic, stock, cayenne pepper, 2 teaspoons of basil into blender.
2. Blend on soup setting or 7 minutes on high speed until hot.
3. In the meantime, in a pot, saute the onions and paprika in the butter until onions are golden.
4. Pour the tomato mixture into the pot.
5. Add cream/milk, 2 teaspoons of basil, salt and pepper and sugar and cook on low stirring occasionally for 10 minutes. Bon appetit!