Feb 25, 2013

Fire-Roasted Tomato and Red Pepper Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons

Roasted Tomato and Red Pepper Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons

Lately we have been eating a lot of soup at my house. It’s generally pretty easy to make, and healthy too (deja vu?!).  Like I said in a previous post, I have been trying to make a couple weekday meals, on the weekends, so that I don’t have to cook every night when I get home from work.  This weekend I made 2 soups, so I will share this one with you.  When I first saw this Fire-Roasted Tomato and Red Pepper Soup on one of my favorite blogs, my mouth was watering.  How is it that I had never thought to cut up grilled cheese and put it into the soup?!  We always dip our grilled cheese into the soup, but this is definitely a clever spin on that idea.  I knew I would love this soup  because 1.) I love fire-roasted tomatoes, 2.) I love roasted red peppers, and 3.) I love grilled cheese….I mean, was there any possibility that I wouldn’t love this soup?!?!

The base of this soup (carrots, celery, onion, garlic, broth), is really similar to a couple of other soups I make all the time, so I was wondering if it would really taste all that different.  Upon first glance, my husband even thought it was the Tomato Basil soup that I frequently make…and it looks like it, too.  But the roasted tomatoes and red peppers definitely set this apart.  I only made a few changes from the original recipe (used veggie stock instead of chicken, used no calorie sweetener instead of sugar, and cut down the initial butter), and I don’t know if there is really any taste difference, but I doubt it, because it turned out perfect and delicious.

This makes a really large amount too, at least 8 cups, so I put half of this in the freezer, and half in the fridge for dinner one night this week.  I didn’t calculate the calories per serving, but it is definitely a low calorie soup, and then the grilled cheese balances it out to a healthy meal.

Fire-Roasted Tomato and Red Pepper Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons

Fire-Roasted Tomato and Red Pepper Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons

I love this immersion blender, it makes this step 100 times easier!

Fire-Roasted Tomato and Red Pepper Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons

Fire-Roasted Tomato and Red Pepper Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons

Fire-Roasted Tomato and Red Pepper Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons

Fire-Roasted Tomato and Red Pepper Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons
Save Recipe
Print
Ingredients
1 TBS unsalted butter
1 medium onion, finely chopped
2 medium carrots, finely chopped
1 celery rib, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
3 TBS flour
5 cups vegetable or chicken stock
2 14.5 oz. cans diced fire-roasted tomatoes, drained
1 12 oz. jar roasted red peppers, drained
3 TBS tomato paste
2 tsp. sugar (I used 1 tsp. Stevia)
1/2 c fat free half-and-half
Salt and white pepper
4 grilled cheese sandwiches, cut into “croutons” – I used havarti cheese
Instructions
1. Melt butter in a medium saucepan. Add the chopped onion, carrot, celery and garlic, cover and cook over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are just beginning to brown, about 5 minutes.
2. Sprinkle the flour over the vegetables and stir over low heat for 1 minute, or until the flour is fully incorporated.
3. Add the chicken stock, tomatoes, red peppers, tomato paste and sugar and bring to a boil. Cover partially and cook the soup over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are tender, 15 minutes.
4. Use immersion blender to puree soup or transfer the soup to a blender and puree until smooth. Return to pot and cook until heated through.
5. Make your 4 grilled cheese sandwiches. Cut into croutons.
6. Season the soup with salt and pepper, garnish with croutons, and serve.
Notes
Tip: I use my food processor grating attachment to 'chop' all my veggies. I throw all of them in, and let it do it's job...this saves lots of prep time, and since it's a soup and is later pureed, the consistency of the veggies is fine.
Domestic Superhero http://domesticsuperhero.com/
Wordpress Recipe Plugin by Recipe Card

Fire-Roasted Tomato and Red Pepper Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons

It totally wasn’t good….

Recipe adapted from Lemon Tree Dwelling.

Comments

  1. De'nise says:
    25 February, 2013 at 6:30 pm

    Looks delicious! YUM. I have a quick question: does your 2-year old toddler like the soups you’ve made(not the spicy ones)? Just wondering if his pallette appreciates them-or is he too young yet? Thanks! :D

    Reply
  2. Cathy@LemonTreeDwelling says:
    25 February, 2013 at 11:20 pm

    Glad you liked my soup recipe, Allyson! So flattered! :)

    Reply
    • Allyson says:
      26 February, 2013 at 9:24 am

      It was so good, Cathy! So funny too, I was looking through WW magazine yesterday and saw the almost exact same recipe…this is definitely going around! Thanks again!

      Reply
  3. Mary says:
    27 February, 2013 at 11:57 am

    YUM!! I love the grilled cheese croutons. Very creative!

    Reply
  4. jRoxDesigns says:
    1 March, 2013 at 7:35 pm

    I can’t wait to try this!!! And because you are faster than me you know I already I just had to share it with my readers! Keep on making more yummy recipes for me to try!!!! You are the best!!

    Reply
  5. Peggy Hale says:
    3 March, 2013 at 3:19 pm

    Looks delish! I love tomato soup. Thanks for sharing at Transformed Tuesday.
    Hugs,
    Peggy~PJH Designs

    Reply
  6. Brenda @ChattingOverChocolate.blogspot.com says:
    7 March, 2013 at 11:06 am

    YUM! This looks fantastic :)

    Reply

Trackbacks

  1. Cheesy Vegetable Chowder – Skinny Makeover! says:
    27 February, 2013 at 10:46 pm

    [...] onion, and garlic), is the same base that starts off this Tomato Basil Soup and this Fire-Roasted and Red Pepper Soup. I highly suggest making these (or 2 of these, which I did) at one time because your prep time will [...]

    Reply
  2. Lunch With My Favorite Bloggers – Best of Blog Land February | jRoxDesigns says:
    1 March, 2013 at 5:27 pm

    [...] Fire-Roasted Tomato and Red Pepper Soup – Domestic Superhero [...]

    Reply

Leave a Reply

%d bloggers like this: