I have to admit that it was difficult to decide what to make this week. I was feeling rather uninspired when I scrolled through my saved recipes, but that could've been becaues I wasn't hungry when I was deciding what to make. This can make a big difference- when I'm hungry every recipe looks amazing. When I'm not, well, it makes things more difficult. I decided on a tomato and tortellini soup that I had been eyeing. This may be a good time to tell you that I don't like tomatoes. I LOVE tomato soup, ketchup, yada yada. I have just NEVER liked tomatoes- and this is not for lack of trying. I have tried tomatoes on numerous occasions, including while making this soup. Nope! Not for me! So be forewarned that if you don't like tomatoes, this recipe (as it is written) may not for you. That's because, unlike other tomato soups, this one has halved cherry tomatoes in it. Of course it would be VERY easy to just not put the cherry tomatoes in it. That's probably what I should've done. The shopping list for this was easy and difficult. Easy because it had very few ingredients. It was difficult because there was one ingredient, tomato pesto, that was difficult to find. I personally had never heard of it before. Here I am by the "tomato truck" at one of our local grocery stores. Tomatoes and I have never really got along.....but I'm trying to put our differences behind us. Unfortunately you can only buy this "bouquet" of parsley, even when you only need a sprig. Oh well, at least it looks pretty. Not pictured: Sprinklers started two seconds after this picture was taken. Ingredients
Not pictured: Chicken Broth! (I had already put it in the pot) CliffNotes Version of Recipe1.) Heat chicken stock until boiling 2.) Add tortellini and wait 7 minutes 3.) Add halved cherry tomatoes and wait 1 minute until tender 4.) Stir in pesto and cream 5.) Add red pepper flakes (optional) I was a little scared at first because it didn't look ANYTHING like tomato soup and I wasn't sure just adding the 1/3 c tomato pesto would do the trick - but it shaped up quite nicely! Looking pretty good! Here is the finished product- it looks very pretty!
My final comments: I thought this recipe was extremely easy. Was it my favorite soup recipe I have tried? Definitely not. For some reason this soup requires a lot of stirring, and if you let it sit, the cream and tomato will separate making it look extremely unappetizing. The taste is fine, and I (personally)would probably like the soup a lot better, overall, if the halved tomatoes weren't in it. There's also something about the tortellini being in there that makes you feel like you're eating pasta with watery tomato sauce. But maybe that's just me. This is a great recipe if you have ZERO time at all to make a soup. It took literally 10 minutes to make, including "prep time" since there's very little chopping involved. However, if you have more than 10 minutes to spare, I'm sure there are other tomato soups out there that may be even tastier. Definitely a personal quest to find my next tomato soup recipe :)
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