Healthy Soup Recipes for Weight Loss: Roasted Tomato Soup

There's nothing quite like good serving of healthy soup on those cold wintery days when all you want to do is curl up on the couch and relax. Did you know that when it comes to your weight loss goals, including healthy soup recipes can help you? This article presents one of my favourite healthy soup recipes for weight loss that's easy to make and will help you take a step closer to achieving your goal. This healthy soup recipe for weight loss is nutritionally balanced and can be served with some quinoa for a hearty, filling meal you can have anytime of day.

1. Roasted Tomato & Quinoa Soup

Serves 4

Ingredients

• 2.5kg plum tomatoes (or vine ripe tomatoes)

• 2 tbsp coconut oil

• 1 red onion, peeled and diced

• 1 tsp dried basil

• 1/2 tsp red chilli flakes- if you like heat- or omit

• 1 tin of chopped tomatoes

• 4 yeast free stock cubes, made up

• 1 bay leaf

• Sea salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste

Method

1. What you'll need to do first: Roast the tomatoes.

2. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

3. Cut the plum tomatoes in half and toss them into a roasting pan with the coconut oil, some dried Italian herbs and several peeled cloves of garlic. Add a generous drizzle of lemon juice.

4. Put into the oven and gather the next ingredients. The tomatoes should be ready in roughly 45 minutes.

5. Heat the coconut oil over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and stir for five minutes. Add the herbs and chilli flakes, and stir for another minute or two, until the onion is softened. Add the canned tomatoes and stock. Toss in the bay leaf and season with sea salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste.

6. Add the oven-roasted tomatoes and garlic, breaking the pieces apart with a wooden spoon.

7. Cover and bring to a simmer; lower the heat and continue to simmer for about 30 to 40 minutes.

8. Discard the bay leaf.

9. Puree the soup in a blender then return to the pot. Taste for seasoning adjustments. Heat through.

10. If the soup is too thick, add enough hot broth to thin it to the consistency you prefer.

There you have it, one of my personal favourite healthy soup recipes for weight loss, when this soup is had with a serving of quinoa you'll be pleasantly surprised how well they work together. Go ahead give it a go.

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