What you will need for this tomato soup:

• 1 medium onion, 1 clove of garlic, 1 stalk of celery
• 3 vine tomatoes, or 8 cherry tomatoes
• 1 14oz can of plum tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon of salt and pepper (each)

In a large cooking pot, add finely chopped onion, garlic and celery along with your 3 vine tomatoes or 8 cherry tomatoes (cut up into small chunks). Let this simmer with 2 tablespoons of olive oil until the onion is soft. After the onions are soft, add the can of tomatoes and the salt and pepper. Cover with lid and let simmer on low heat for 30 minutes. Add water to make it your desired consistency and mix.

If you want a smooth, creamy soup you can now run it through a blender or food processer. You can also exchange the water for milk to make it creamier, but make sure that it is skim milk. After you’ve reached your desired consistency, serve soup into serving bowls and add dried basil leaves in the center for a beautiful and delicious touch.

The more of this soup you make, the less often you will need to cook. If you purchase freezable Tupperware, and put one serving into each bowl, you can have a quick lunch or even dinner. Just microwave to your desired temperature and enjoy! If you are a Carb Type metabolism you may also enjoy a salad along with your tomato soup, or even a grilled cheese sandwich on sprouted grain bread, if you have a Protein Type metabolism.

When you’re trying to change your diet completely, and start losing weight and being healthier, cooking can be one of the biggest obstacles you face. Not because cooking is difficult, but because today in the US people are so used to having things easy. Why not just grab a can of tomato soup? Don’t do it! If you go down the soup aisle in your local grocery store and pick up random cans and read their ingredients you will be surprised. If you couldn’t purchase each ingredient at the grocery store it isn’t healthy for you. You don’t see people buying large packages of MSG or high fructose corn syrup. Instead of ingesting all those unhealthy additives stick to the basics. If you are a beginner purchase some simple recipe books, or even join a healthy cooking class with all the money you’re saving on fast food and junk food!