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Easy Roasted Red Pepper & Tomato Soup

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December 1, 2018 By Laura Ligos, MBA, RD, CSSD 2 Comments

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I’m a sucker for a good soup, especially this time of year. I also love all things roasted red peppers. This Roasted Red Pepper Soup is on repeat at my household and pairs nicely with a grilled cheese, egg sandwich, or just by itself with some parmesan cheese. Upgrade your lunch OR dinner this week.

roasted red pepper & tomato soup

Soup Season

Can you believe it’s already December? When did that happen? It seems like yesterday it was just summer and we were talking about how hot it was. I think that’s normal to just want to talk about the weather. I never pay attention to what weather is coming, I normally just find out when I take the dog for a walk in the morning. These past few mornings have been brutal.

roasted red pepper & tomato soup

I’m not from Upstate NY and I’m not really sure I will ever become accustomed to the weather. Maryland had winters & seasons but they were never quite this extreme. I mean, my FACE hurts here. I go out to walk the dog and think I’ll be okay and then I come back and can’t even move my mouth because it’s frozen. WHAT IS THAT ABOUT.

That being said, when it gets cold out, one of the ways I cope with it is to make all the soups. I actually have a favorite from Pacific Foods that is their Roasted Red Pepper soup. I figured, why not try and make this on my own (a normal saying of mine)? Soup season gets me through the winter, somehow.

Easy Meals

Soups, in general, are very easy to make. I find people telling me all the time that they would cook from home if it wasn’t so hard to do. Let me tell you, as long as you have the right tools (if you don’t snag my gift guide here), soups are SO easy to make. The best part is you can blend in a ton of vegetables and hide them from yourself, your kids, your husband, etc. Win-win all around.

roasted red pepper & tomato soup

I am going to continue to find ways to bring you easy meals because I want you to eat healthy without thinking it takes HOURS to make. If you find that even a meal like this takes too long to make then you may need to invest in a cooking class or two. Cooking is an essential skill you should learn, and once you start learning you’ll realize how fun it can be.

Roasted Red Pepper & Tomato Soup

This soup is my new favorite thing. It is light in flavor and can be paired with many things. My favorite this week has been making an egg & cheese sandwich/grilled cheese on the side and dipping the bread into. I also sometimes put frozen spinach and broccoli in the soup as well to bump the vegetable content and make it more filling.

roasted red pepper & tomato soup

If you’re into dairy & can handle it, I suggest adding the half & half and even some parmesan cheese to make it even creamier than it already is! Stop making excuses as to why you can’t eat more veggies or can’t cook from home. This soup is easy, just make sure you’re not wearing a white shirt while making it #rookiemistake.  Enjoy!

roasted red pepper & tomato soup

Pro Tip: grab yourself an immersion blender so that you can make blended soups all winter long. This one is my favorite.

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roasted red pepper & tomato soup

Easy Roasted Red Pepper & Tomato Soup

  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x
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Ingredients

  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 yellow onion, chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 2 stalks celery, chopped
  • 1–12oz. jar roasted red peppers (or 1 serving of homemade)
  • 28 oz. crushed tomatoes, canned
  • 4 cups vegetable broth (or any broth of choice)
  • 1/2 cup fresh basil
  • 1/2 tsp onion powder
  • Salt & pepper, to taste
  • 1 cup half & half, optional

Instructions

  1. In a large pot, heat oil over medium heat.
  2. Add onion, garlic & celery and saute for 3-4 minutes until onion starts turning translucent.
  3. Add red peppers, tomatoes, broth, basil, & spices. Stir to combine and bring to a simmer.
  4. Blend mixture using an immersion blender (if you don’t have one, you should, but you can place soup in a blender and then back in the pot), turn heat down, and simmer for 10 minutes to allow flavors to blend.
  5. Add salt & pepper, to taste and if you prefer a creamier soup, add in half & half.

Notes

Calorie/Macro Info
141 calories
4g protein
24g carbohydrates
4g fat


Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 2 cups

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Sassy

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  1. Cindy says

    July 20, 2019 at 3:11 pm

    Nutritional information and serving size would be so welcome!

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    • Laura Ligos, MBA, RD, CSSD says

      July 23, 2019 at 10:09 am

      Just updated it! Thank you for requesting that, I’ll have to go through and update the rest as well 🙂 Enjoy!

      Reply

@thesassydietitian

We’ve made it over a week together and it feels We’ve made it over a week together and it feels like it’s always been this way.

Motherhood is a wild ride & it’s only getting started. I have never been so tired & simultaneously so fulfilled in my life. That’s not to say it’s not filled with tears, worries and doubts but what fun would it be if it were all sunshine and roses anyway?

Going into this all I have felt so supported by friends going through this with me BUT I felt so unsupported by the general public. It seems like we want to fear and shame moms because misery loves company, right?!

The focus quickly shifts from mom to baby (still shocked that I only have an appointment at 6 weeks even though my body went through the biggest event of its life) and there also seems to be this shift from joy to shame & guilt.

Here’s some of what I heard from people:

😕Sleep when baby sleeps. You’ll never sleep again.
😕Don’t let baby sleep in a car seat, or a bouncer, or anywhere but their crib EVER. 
😕You’ll never have time to shower again, enjoy it now. 
😕Cry it out is cruel and harmful to the baby. 
😕Get baby on a schedule/never put baby on a schedule.

These are all things I heard and that truly led me to believe I was going to lose all sense of who I was and my life as I knew it.

What I wish people had said instead were:

🥰Your heart will grow bigger than you could imagine.
🥰You’ll cry the happiest tears you’ve ever cried.
🥰You’ll feel like a giant hole was filled that you didn’t even know was there.
🥰You won’t feel guilty about cleaning your house, it just won’t matter anymore.
🥰Babies pooping will make you laugh so hard you will feel like a kid again.
🥰You will have time to eat and shower and you don’t have to neglect yourself.

We need to do a better job of building each other up, supporting one another and our decisions while refraining from offering unsolicited advice and opinions. 

So for all you future mamas and new mamas out there, I see you, I’m proud of you and I cannot wait to share our stories with one another and the world.

Let’s stop fear mongering (just like the diet world) and start building one another up.

Xoxo,
Sassy & lil sassy man
🌈Some things truly are worth the wait. It’s b 🌈Some things truly are worth the wait. It’s been a long year of loss, unknowns and worry but it’s all been worth it to get to meet my lil man🥰
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Now time to introduce this sassy human who is already so well loved to the world...
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Introducing 

💙 Connor James Ligos 💙
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After an almost 24 hour labor, Connor joined us over a week past his due date on 2/12/21 at a whopping 9lb2oz & 22.5 inches long with a full head of hair and lungs to scream hello to us with.
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We are so in love already and cannot wait to share him with the world. Thank you for all the love and support from friends and family and to all those that helped us in the hospital. Holy cow labor & delivery teams are truly magical and I cannot imagine doing it without all of their support.
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Now back to snuggling this human of mine and trying not to cry at every last thing he does 🥰 
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Mom, Dad & Bode are all doing well!
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I get it, we all eat so we all then want to talk t I get it, we all eat so we all then want to talk to others about what worked for us. That's great!
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What's not great is when we push our nutrition and eating behaviors onto others ESPECIALLY when we are not qualified to do so.
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So often when people meet me for the first time they are worried to eat around me and/or buy groceries around me. My friends can attest I am not judgemental around food and will gladly eat that cake, queso dip or sip on that glass of wine right alongside of you. I am not the food police and do not offer unsolicited nutrition advice unless it's a client who is paying for my help OR on Instagram and other social media platforms where my goal is to educate.
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Why do I share this? 
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Because I see far too many people diving down diet rabbit holes, finding success & then claiming to be nutrition experts purely because something worked for them. 
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I've also seen this alot being pregnant, everyone wants to tell you what worked for them. IF you use that stipulation of "this worked for me" then fine, share away but if you start doleing out advice please pause, take a breath and think about NOT doing it.
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People are OVERWHELMED by diet culture and some so badly want to change but YOUR way is not the only way and it most likely is not what will work for your friend/coworker/cousin/neighbor so please, stop trying to be an expert in something you aren't.
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Got it!?! 
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Ok, carry on.
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xoxo,
Sassy
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#nutrition #nutritiontips #nutritionist #dietitianapproved #rdapproved #rdchat #dietitiansofinstagram #dietitian #dietitiansofig #albanyny #albanynutrition #albanynutrition
Your nutrition does NOT need to be all or nothing. Your nutrition does NOT need to be all or nothing. I'm not saying you have to find perfect balance (does that even exist?) but I am saying that we shouldn't feel like either we have to eat perfectly or that we might as well give up.
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Instead we should look to the grey area in between for our nutrition guidance. 
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What do I mean?
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I mean that we need to realize that we can still eat cookies but we probably should throw some veggies in there. 
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We can have a glass or 2 of wine but we should probably also drink some water. 
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We can take rest days but we should also find ways to move our bodies regularly.
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And the list goes on.
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It's not about all or nothing it's about doing something daily to help your health and nutrition without it feeling like a set of rules or a free for all.
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How do we find that grey area in between?
👉🏻 stop hopping on and off fad diets
👉🏻listen and trust your self, not your coworkers and cousins 
👉🏻focus on the simple things (ie drinking water instead of worrying about supplements)
👉🏻work to remove guilt and shame around food & body
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Where do you currently fall Right now?!
🤪 all
👍🏻in between 
🙅🏻‍♀️ nothing 
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Xoxo,
Sassy
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#dietitian #dietitiansofig #dietitiansofinstagram #nutrition #nutritionist #nutritiontips #thesassydietitian #rdchat #realtalk

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