Easy Tomato Basil Soup

Ingredients

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  1 tbsp or 14g

• Onions

  Raw

  2 medium or 220g

• Garlic

  Raw

  2 cloves, minced or 6g

• Basil

  Fresh

  6 tbsp, chopped or 16g

• Tomatoes

  Red, ripe, canned, packed in tomato juice

  2 can or 380g

• Cream cheese

  Low fat

  4 oz or 113g

• Reduced fat milk

  Fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin a and vitamin d

  1 ½ cup or 366g

• Salt

  Table

  ¼ tsp or 2g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  ¼ tsp or 0.5g

• Sourdough bread

  French or vienna

  4 slice, small or 128g

Directions

1. Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat.
2. Sauté the chopped onions for 3 minutes until translucent. Add minced garlic and cook for an additional minute.
3. Add diced tomatoes and basil, bringing the mixture to a boil. Stir in the cubed cream cheese until it melts.
4. Transfer the mixture to a blender or food processor and blend until smooth. Return to the saucepan, stir in milk, salt, and pepper. Cook over medium-high heat for 2 minutes.
5. Serve the soup with toasted sourdough bread.