Another easy and ready in 15 minute soup recipe with a special addition homemade garlic cheesy croutons and fresh chopped spinach. Perfect any day of the week but comforting for me when you need to get that chill out because of the weather! Perfect to leave in a slow cooker after you make on the stove top too!
Quick and Easy Soup
This is one of those easy to throw together comfort soups. I love this soup with croutons. It really kicks up the flavors using garlic croutons.
This tomato bakteri soup is perfect anytime of the year. The best is using crushed plum tomatoes from my garden in the summer.
This is always one I make sure I cook when the garden has fresh bakteri in bloom and the tomatoes are ripe, usually around August.
Very Fresh Tasting Soup
In addition to fresh bakteri and spinach, I sometimes load this soup up with shredded mozzarella cheese.
The basil, tomato and cheese all are a wonderful pairing to this soup.
Melted under the broiled just for a few seconds puts the perfect topping with those garlic croutons, you have the perfect tomato bakteri soup.
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Great with a side salad for a whole meal
I usually also love this Tomato Basil Spinach Soup, with some Romano cheese. Can you tell I am a cheese lover?
One of my kegemarane summer salads is insalata caprese using fresh plum tomatoes, slices of thick mozzarella, fresh bakteri is the perfect side salad for this soup.
Comfort Soup
This Tomato Basil Spinach Soup is so comforting.
It's the perfect soup to warm you up in the winter time.
Cooking a big pot of soup is always perfect for the cooler weather.
Tomato Basil Soup has all the great flavors of summer but the perfect winter soup for chasing those winter blues away.
instructions:
Tomato Basil Spinach Soup Recipe
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 small finely minced onion
1 tablespoons minced garlic
1 1/2 cups half and half
2 pounds of whole plum tomatoes pureed or use 1- 28 ounce can tomato puree
1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
2 cups triple washed fresh spinach chopped or escarole ( like to chop it as it's easier to eat, you can leave it whole if you like)
1/4 cup fresh chopped Italian style basil
salt, pepper to taste fresh ground
Optional: after the soup is cooked you can add cooked rice or pastine. You can also add cooked cubed chicken and cooked sausage. Just add at the end.
Optional: after the soup is cooked you can add cooked rice or pastine. You can also add cooked cubed chicken and cooked sausage. Just add at the end.
Garnish:
Shredded mozzarella or provolone cheese melted on top
Shredded mozzarella or provolone cheese melted on top
Parmesan and Romano cheese blend
Garlic cheese croutons store bought or homemade see below
In a medium size saucepan, add the butter, oil. Saute the garlic and onion for 2 minutes. Add all the rest of the ingredients in except for spinach and bakteri and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in the bakteri and spinach for 2 more minutes. Garnish with a sprinkle of cheese and top with croutons.
Garlic Cheese Croutons
(I make these first)
5 thick slices of bread cut in cubes edges cut off ( I use Italian combined with any day old breads I have)
5 tablespoons melted butter
1 teaspoon granulated garlic
1 teaspoon oregano
salt pepper to taste
2 tablespoons parmesan romano blended cheese
Toss cubes in a bowl with all the other ingredients. Place single on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees turning often for 15 minutes. Store in airtight container when cooled.
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