What's for Dinner?

orthodoc · 02-23-2014, 06:28 PM

Just made a crazy-delicious soup whose recipe is on the Wegmans web site - Tomato Basil with Orzo. I had it this weekend ready-made and it was tasty and relatively low-cal, so I picked up the ingredients when I rolled back into M'town this afternoon and simmered up a batch.

Wow. This soup is not only delicious, it's versatile, sort of like that black pencil skirt (guys, I'm not sure what your equivalent is). It does use one cup of 'light' cream (out of 13 cups total soup), for which I substituted 1/2 and 1/2 - 10% fat instead of 18%. I liked it just as much, but if you're used to a bit more fat, go for the 18%. Using that, the soup is 170 cal per 1-cup serving. But it doesn't need the cream. Next time I'll make it without and throw in some black beans, fresh corn, and cilantro. A little cumin ... it'll be divine. You also have the choice to leave it chunky or puree it and make it velvety-smooth, whatever your likes dictate. I've never been a great fan of tomato soup but now I'm sold. And with garden tomatoes and peppers (roasted) ... sigh. I could have a Paula Deen-style foodgasm.

02-23-2014, 06:28 PM	#11
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Just made a crazy-delicious soup whose recipe is on the Wegmans web site - Tomato Basil with Orzo. I had it this weekend ready-made and it was tasty and relatively low-cal, so I picked up the ingredients when I rolled back into M'town this afternoon and simmered up a batch. Wow. This soup is not only delicious, it's versatile, sort of like that black pencil skirt (guys, I'm not sure what your equivalent is). It does use one cup of 'light' cream (out of 13 cups total soup), for which I substituted 1/2 and 1/2 - 10% fat instead of 18%. I liked it just as much, but if you're used to a bit more fat, go for the 18%. Using that, the soup is 170 cal per 1-cup serving. But it doesn't need the cream. Next time I'll make it without and throw in some black beans, fresh corn, and cilantro. A little cumin ... it'll be divine. You also have the choice to leave it chunky or puree it and make it velvety-smooth, whatever your likes dictate. I've never been a great fan of tomato soup but now I'm sold. And with garden tomatoes and peppers (roasted) ... sigh. I could have a Paula Deen-style foodgasm. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

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