Delicious Tomato Basil Soup


This recipe is gluten free, dairy free, paleo, Whole 30, vegetarian, Slimming World (SP) and Weight Watchers friendly
Slimming Eats Recipe:
Extra Easy – 2 syns per serving
Green – 2 syns per serving
Original – 2 syns per serving
Serves 6
INGREDIENTS
1kg of fresh ripe tomatoes (I used the roma variety), peeled and roughly chopped
4 shallots, finely chopped
2 stalks of celery
4 cloves of garlic crushed
handful of basil, chopped (reserve some for garnish)
1 liter of chicken or vegetable stock
2 tablespoons of tomato paste
⅓ cup (120ml) of coconut milk (5 syns)
salt and black pepper to season
1 tablespoon of olive oil (6 syns)* – or use olive oil spray to reduce the syns here
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METHOD
Heat the olive oil in a large pot over a medium heat
Add the onion and celery and fry to soften.
Add the garlic and tomatoes and continue to cook, until the tomatoes start to break down.
Add the tomato stock, tomato paste and basil and stir well. Bring to a boil and then cover and simmer for approx. 45 mins.
Stir in the coconut milk and continue to simmer or another 5 mins.
Season as needed with salt and black pepper.
Ladle into bowls and garnish with chopped basil.
Enjoy!!

NOTES:
Vegetarians – use vegetable stock
The recipe above has been calculated for Slimming World, however for those of you following the Weight Watchers plan or another calorie controlled type diet. Below is the approx. nutritional information (using calorie count recipe analysis)

Approx. NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION
per serving
Calories: 87
Fat: 4.7g
Saturated Fat: 1.9g
Total Carbohydrate: 10.6g
Dietary Fibre: 2.4g
Sugars: 5.8g
Protein: 2.8g
NOTES
Nutritional information is an estimate and is to be used for informational purposes only.
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