Creamy Tomato Tortellini Soup
Creamy Tomato Tortellini Soup combines ripe diced tomatoes, vegetable broth, fresh basil, and cheese tortellini in a blended tomato base enriched with Greek yogurt. The soup offers a smooth texture with tender pockets of filled pasta, balanced by a mild heat from red pepper flakes and aromatics like garlic and onion. This hearty soup works well as a comforting lunch or light dinner.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 cup onion chopped
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 bay leaf
- crushed red pepper flakes dash
- 2 diced tomatoes 28 oz) cans
- 32 oz vegetable broth
- 1/4 cup basil chopped, fresh
- salt to taste, freshly ground
- black pepper to taste, freshly ground
- 1/2 cup Greek yogurt at room temperature, plain
- 18 oz cheese tortellini fresh or frozen
- Parmesan Cheese for garnish, optional, grated, fresh
- basil for garnish, optional, grated, fresh
Instructions
- In a large pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in the bay leaves and crushed red pepper flakes.
- Add the diced tomatoes and vegetable broth. Stir in fresh basil and season with salt and black pepper, to taste. Simmer on low for 15 minutes.
- Remove the bay leaves from the pot. Use a hand immersion blender to blend the soup (or carefully transfer soup to a blender to blend and return to the pot). Stir in the Greek yogurt until well combined. Stir in the cheese tortellini and cook on medium-low until tortellini is cooked, about 7-8 minutes. Serve warm.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 334
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 334kcal | 17% |
| Carbohydrates | 47g | 16% |
| Protein | 16g | 32% |
| Fat | 10g | 15% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 33mg | 11% |
| Sodium | 937mg | 39% |
| Potassium | 307mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 5g | 20% |
| Sugar | 8g | 16% |
| Vitamin A | 535IU | 11% |
| Vitamin C | 14mg | 16% |
| Calcium | 189mg | 19% |
| Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.