This homemade tomato Soup recipe using canned tomatoes makes a delicious creamy tomato soup which is simple and quick to make.
This recipe makes a delicious vegetable soup; it is full of flavour, easy and quick to prepare whenever you need something tasty, warming and filling.
Tomato Soup must be one of the most popular soups on the planet, and there are many different recipes around for making your own. This Tomato soup, however, is simple and quick because it makes use of canned tomatoes, which you probably already have in your kitchen cupboard. Convenient, quick, warming and satisfying…the best kind of easy lunch.
This soup is deliciously creamy too, it uses a little milk instead of cream (dairy or non-dairy) and is blended silky smooth.
Ingredients in this creamy Tomato Soup recipe
- tinned tomatoes – this recipe uses two 400g cans of tomatoes, plum tomatoes or chopped tomatoes. It doesn’t matter which one.
- Garlic for savouriness.
- carrots and celery – add a little sweetness and body to the soup.
- stock, tomato puree, milk (almond, oat or dairy) – all are present to add flavour.
Variations
Here are a few additions that you can make to homemade tomato soup using canned tomatoes to make it even more delicious.
- Spicy heat – For those days when you’d like a little spicy heat, add a chopped fresh green chilli (keep the seeds if you really like a bit of heat) or a 1/8th of a teaspoon of cayenne pepper.
- Herbs – If you love your herbs, and they do add loads of flavour, you may like to add a little basil, torn up and added at the end of the cooking. Oregano, rosemary and thyme are all wonderful herbs with tomatoes, too. Take your pick or add a mixture. They’ll work really well.
- Milk – increase the amount of milk for a really creamy tomato soup, or leave it out altogether if you would prefer it without.
F.A.Q’s
This soup can be made suitable for plant-based and vegan diets by ensuring that you use a suitable milk. I tend to use either unsweetened almond milk or oat milk in this recipe. So, it’s tried and tested.
To serve, why not sprinkle some of your favourite vegan grated cheese on top and let it melt into the hot soup? Vegan-friendly yogurt or sour cream is also a really great addition.
This soup can be made suitable for dairy-free diets by using a suitable milk replacement. Unsweetened almond milk and oat milk both work well as replacements. Why not try it with your favourite brand?
Consider using dairy-free cheeses, yoghurts or sour cream to add a few simple little finishing touches to the soup.
Serving Ideas for Homemade Tomato Soup using canned tomatoes
Here are a few of our ideas for serving this soup.
- Baked Garlic Croutons. These are really good when it comes to adding a little savoury, garlicky flavour and a good amount of crunch. Baked croutons are really simple to make, and because they’re baked in the oven, the kitchen doesn’t have that frying smell left hanging around.
- Try a few torn basil leaves to the soup. Basil and tomatoes are the best of friends, and this is quite delicious with this soup.
- Fresh, crusty bread?
- A sprinkle of your favourite cheese? Or a sprinkle of nutritional yeast if you’re vegan or even if you’re not; it tastes good. Most vegetable soups go beautifully with cheese or cheese flavours, and it adds a little protein too. Just wonderful!
- Other herbs, such as rosemary, basil or oregano.
- Toasted pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds or some toasted pine nuts. There are so many options, and I bet you have a few of your own ideas.
If you can think of any more, I’d love to know… comment in the box below and I’ll get back to you.
Storing and Reheating the Soup
This delicious homemade tomato soup will last for up to 3 days if stored in the refrigerator. It will also last for up to 3 months in the freezer.
To eat, defrost on the countertop before heating it through on the hob until it is piping hot. Stir the soup whilst heating, to prevent it from catching on the bottom of the saucepan. Serve with your favourite soup additions and enjoy!
If you like this… then you may like to try these too
- Spicy Tomato and Chilli Soup
- Creamy Cauliflower Soup
- Sweet Potato and Coconut Soup
- Simple Green Pea Soup recipe
- Spicy Red Lentil Soup
- Pumpkin Soup
- Leek and Potato Soup
- Simple Corn Chowder Recipe
- 5-Hearty Vegetarian Soups – this is a collection of soup recipes, which includes some of the above
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Homemade Tomato Soup using canned tomatoes
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Prepare the vegetables and take the lids off of the cans.Now you're ready to begin cooking.
- Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat. Add the onions (2 onions) and saute until they are soft.1 tablespoon olive oill.
- Add the chopped celery, (2 celery sticks) cook for a few minutes and then add the garlic (2 garlic cloves), and carrots (2 carrots) and stir.
- Add the tomatoes (30 ounces tinned tomatoes) and stir. Add in the vegetable stock, 1 1/2 pints stock) the tomato puree (1 tablespoon tomato puree) and the sugar (1 teaspoon sugar). The sugar is an optional ingredient but it does balance the acidity of the tomatoes.
- Check that the vegetables are all cooked through and then blend the soup to a consistency that you like. You may have to do this in batches if you are using a blender. A stick blender will do this job really well.
- Put the soup back into a saucepan and add the milk (1/4 pint milk) (this can be unsweetened almond or oat milk). Warm the soup hrough stirring as it does so.
- Taste the soup to check that it is to your liking. Does it need more seasoning? If so add a little more salt or pepper. (salt and pepper)
- If the soup seems to be too thick, add a little more water to thin it down. If it too thin then cook it for a little longer to thicken it up.
Nutrition
Notes
- Add Baked Garlic Croutons. These are really good when it comes to adding a little flavour and a good amount of crunch.
- Fresh crusty bread? Few things are better than freshly baked bread.
- Sprinkle some of your favourite grated cheese on top and let it melt into the hot soup.
- Make it special by swirling a little sour cream or plain yoghurt (oat yoghurt is nice) on the top.
- Sprinkle a few chopped herbs such thyme, basil or rosemary on the top.
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I love tomato soup! When it’s paired with an extra gooey grilled cheese, it’s even better. Thanks for this recipe! 🙂
Yum – love this soup with a cheese toastie. Those flavours really work.
YUM!! This soup sounds so good, especially with the garlic croutons! Thanks for the recipe, I’ll definitely have to try this.
I hope you do try it, whether you eat it with croutons or a toasted cheese sandwich it’s a good one.
I love this! I was just looking for a vegan recipe to use up tomatoes. Love that you have “if you like this then..” So useful!
I hope you get to try the recipe out. It’s one of our favourites.
My partner is in love with tomato soups so I made this for him and he very much approved! So glad to have found this recipe!
Yum! I can’t wait to eat this with a grilled cheese!
I have so many tomatoes ripening in my garden right now. This recipe will be a delicious way to use them!
A terrific and easy recipe! I followed the recipe regarding ingredients, using tomatoes from the farmers’ market and basil from my herb garden. I read the other reviews before I made the soup, noting that some without an immersion blender ended up wearing the soup. Since I do not have an immersion blender, the only change I made was stopping after step 1 and refrigerated the unblended soup overnight. The next day, I used my blender on the chilled soup and continued with step 2. No soup bath and a deliciously easy recipe!
I’m so pleased that you liked it. We eat this quite often in the summer months when tomatoees are plentiful.