Creamy Tortellini Soup

• porcijos: 8 servings
• aktyvus laikas: 10 minutes
• bendras laikas: 40 minutes

Ingredientai

1 yellow onion ($0.70)

2 carrots ($0.20)

2 ribs celery ($0.20)

4 garlic cloves ($0.16)

2 Tbsp olive oil ($0.44)

4 Tbsp tomato paste ($0.36)

28 oz. crushed tomatoes (one can) $1.67 )

1½ tsp Italian seasoning ($0.15*)

4 cups vegetable broth ($0.52)

19 oz. cheese tortellini (frozen, $2.98**)

½ cup heavy cream ($0.82***)

4 oz. fresh spinach ($1.20****)

¾ tsp salt ($0.04)

¼ tsp black pepper (freshly cracked, $0.02)

Nurodymai

Dice the onion, carrot, and celery. Mince the garlic. Add the onion, carrot, celery, and garlic to a large soup pot along with the olive oil. Sauté over medium heat until the onions soften (about 5 minutes).

Mix

Add the tomato paste and continue to stir and cook over medium heat for about three minutes more.

Combine

Add the crushed tomatoes, Italian seasoning, and vegetable broth to the pot. Stir to combine and dissolve any tomato paste off the bottom of the pot.

Simmer

Turn the heat up to medium-high and bring the soup up to a simmer. Let the soup simmer for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Boil

Add the frozen tortellini to the soup and boil for about 3 minutes, or the recommended time on the package needed to cook the tortellini.

Stir

Turn the heat off. Stir the heavy cream into the soup. Stir the fresh spinach into the soup until wilted.

Season

Taste the soup and season with salt and pepper to taste (we added about ¾ tsp salt and ¼ tsp pepper).

Pastabos

*I kept the seasoning simple here by using an Italian seasoning blend instead of using several individual spices. If you don’t have Italian seasoning, you can substitute it with a mix of basil and oregano.

**I used a bag of frozen small cheese tortellini to give the soup extra belly-filling power. You can use just about any flavor of tortellini you’d like for this soup.

***A splash of heavy cream makes the broth extra lush, but you can skip it if you’d like! I love adding the cream because it makes the soup taste like a really rich tomato soup.

****You can skip the spinach or add some frozen chopped spinach in its place if you wish.

Mityba

• Porcijos Dydis: 1.5 cups
• Kalorijos: 355 kcal
• Bendras Riebalų Kiekis: 15 g
• Natris: 1209 mg
• Bendri Angliavandeniai: 44 g
• Maistinė Skaidula: 6 g
• Baltymai: 13 g