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Cream Of Tomato Soup With Orzo

This soup is great served with a loaf of crusty, whole grain bread.

Courses: Soup, Vegetarian
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 teaspoon 5mlOlive oil
4   Garlic cloves - minced
4 cups 948mlTomato juice
2   Diced tomatoes - (14 1/2 oz ea) - pureed with juice
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlSugar
8 oz 227gOrzo
1 cup 237mlPlain unsweetened soy milk
  Optional Garnish
  Fresh basil leaves - slivered

Recipe Instructions

Bring medium saucepan of lightly salted water to a boil. In large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add garlic, and cook, stirring often, 1 minute. Add tomato juice, pureed tomatoes and sugar, and simmer 5 minutes.

While soup is simmering, add orzo to boiling water. Cook, until tender, 6 to 8 minutes; drain. Transfer to small bowl.

Remove soup from heat and stir in soy milk, adding salt and pepper to taste.

Ladle soup into individual bowls, adding one scoop of orzo to each. Garnish with slivered basil if desired.

This recipe yields 4 to 6 servings.

Per Serving: 263 Cal; 10g Prot; 3g Total Fat (0 Sat. Fat); 51g Carb.; 0mg Chol; 993mg Sod.; 4g Fiber.

Source:
Vegetarian Times, March 2002

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