Recipe: SoulWarming TomatoPesto Soup

I won the soup-off contest at my work with this recipe with pesto. Its very good and quick to put together

Soul-Warming Tomato-Pesto Soup Ingredients

• 3 (14 ounce) cans vegetable broth

• 2 (14 ounce) cans Italian-style diced tomatoes, undrained

• 2 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste

• 3 stalks celery with leaves, chopped

• 2 onions, chopped

• 6 cloves garlic, minced

• 1 cup shredded carrot

• 1 cup water

• 1 teaspoon dried oregano

• teaspoon dried thyme leaves

• teaspoon ground black pepper

• 1 cup instant rice

• 1 (7 ounce) container pesto

• ? cup shredded Parmesan cheese, or to taste

• 12 slices crusty bread, or to taste

How to Make Soul-Warming Tomato-Pesto Soup

1. Combine vegetable broth, tomatoes, tomato paste, celery, onions, garlic, carrot, water, oregano, thyme, and pepper in a 3- to 4-quart slow cooker and mix to blend. Cover and cook on Low, 8 to 10 hours.

2. Stir rice and pesto into the cooker; cover, and let stand until rice is tender, 6 to 8 minutes. Serve soup topped with shredded Parmesan cheese and with crusty bread on the side.

Soul-Warming Tomato-Pesto Soup Nutritions

• Calories: 245.2 calories

• Carbohydrate: 32.3 g

• Cholesterol: 6.3 mg

• Fat: 9.7 g

• Fiber: 3.9 g

• Protein: 8.4 g

• SaturatedFat: 2.6 g

• ServingSize:

• Sodium: 793 mg

• Sugar: 7.8 g

• TransFat:

• UnsaturatedFat:

Source: SoulWarming TomatoPesto Soup