If you’re stuck for simple lunch ideas and are sick of sandwiches then you need our easy tomato and cream cheese soup. I know what you’re thinking – cream cheese? In a soup?! But trust us – this is a creamy bowl of comfort and the cream cheese is just a lower-calorie way of getting that creaminess in without using calorie-dense cream.
Serve with a slice of bread (or crudites if you’re going easy on the carbs) and voila – you’ve got yourself a filling and nutritious meal.
Tomato and cream cheese soup
Serves: 2
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 500g baby plum tomatoes
- 1 medium onion, cut into wedges
- 2 cloves garlic, unpeeled
- 4 olives
- 50g light soft cream cheese (we used Philadelphia)
- Salt & pepper
- Feta cheese (optional)
Method:
- Pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees.
- In a roasting tin mix the tomatoes, garlic, olives, onion, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper together. Put in the oven for 30 minutes, giving the tin a shake halfway through.
- Once the onions are soft and the tomatoes have gone all squishy, remove from the tin into a blender. Add the cream cheese and blend until smooth.
- Adjust seasoning to taste, and if you prefer a smoother soup, sift through a sieve.
- If the sauce is a little thick, simply add a touch of water until you get the consistency you want.
- Top with feta cheese if using.
Per serving: 219 calories | 13g fat | 19g carbs | 5g protein
It is often assumed that consuming vitamin C will reduce the risk of you getting the common cold. Unfortunately, this is not the case. BUT it will the amount of time you have a cold, so settle down with a Lemsip and this tomato and cream cheese soup and that cold will be gone before you know it.
