Creole Tomato Soup (Low Fat)

Submitted by Outta Here

"Quick and easy. A nice warmer-upper lunch for a winter day. Serve with a crusty French bread or rolls."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 teaspoons margarine
• 1 medium green pepper, seeded and diced
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 2 cups low-fat chicken broth or 2 cups vegetable broth
• 2 (15 ounce) cans reduced-sodium diced tomatoes, undrained
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon dried marjoram
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1⁄4 teaspoon dried thyme
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 dash cayenne pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper

directions

1. In a Dutch Oven over medium heat, melt margarine.
2. Add green pepper, onion, garlic and 3 tablespoons of the broth. Cook, stirring, until onion is soft (about 10 minutes). If liquid begins to evaporate, add a little more broth.
3. Add all remaining ingredients. Cover and bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for at least 15 minutes, or until green pepper is tender and flavors are well blended.
4. Serve hot.
5. Soup will keep in refrigerator for 2-3 days and then reheated.

Reviews

[LifeIsGood]

I loved this soup!! The flavors are absolutely perfect and I had no need to adjust the seasonings. I ended up blending mine until smooth. I will definitely be making this often. Thank you! Made for ZWT0 and the Soup-A-Stars

 

[flower7]

I subbed orange pepper for the green and used vegetable broth. Otherwise followed the recipe but threw it in the blender once it was done cooking as I prefer a smoother tomato soup. Served with garlic toast, it made for a rather tasty dinner. Thanks for sharing!

 

[linguinelisa]

This makes a delicious soup. I substituted 1 teaspoon of Creole seasoning for the spices but for us the tomatoes were a little to chunky......next time I would try mashing them up some but that's a matter of individual taste. It was very easy to make. Made for Football Pool 2012.

 

[loof751]

Great easy, tasty and inexpensive soup! I used more than a dash of cayenne for a little extra heat. Yummy and low-cal as is, I think it would be great with some chicken or turkey sausage added as well. Thanks for sharing the recipe!

 

[Deantini]

We found this soup to be more like a minestrone than a tomato soup; I think that the bay leaf and sugar make it more mellow that a typical tomato soup. The tomato was not the predominat flavour which we had anticipated