Zesty Southwestern Tomato Soup

I'm not a tomato soup fan.  I never eat it with my grilled cheese sandwiches.  Its not a cold weather thing for me, although I love soup.  My youngest adores tomato soup, but not me.  I had bought some Ideal Protein Tomato Bail soup packets wanting to give it a try and at least have another lunch option.  Not overly impressed.  It was OK, but like I said I'm not a tomato soup person.

I was going to get rid of the rest of the packets, when I stumbled on a tomato soup recipe in one of the IP emails we get every day.   The recipe added extra veg to it and pureed some of it to make a thick and creamy soup.  I decided to play around and spice it up and make it a little more zesty to see if I liked it any better that way.

This is a tomato soup I could eat!

Zesty Southwestern Tomato Soup

Ingredients:

• 1 Packet of Ideal Protein Tomato Basil Soup
• 1 Cup red and green bell peppers, diced
• 1 Cup Turnips, boiled and pureed
• 1/4 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp onion powder
• 1/4 tsp. Sea Salt
• 1/4 to 1/2 tsp Mrs Dash Southwestern Chipotle seasoning  I used 1/2 tsp and it was a bit much for me, but I'm a spice lightweight.  In the future I think I'll use a bit less.  It was still good, just a bit zippy.

Directions:

• In a frying pan over medium heat, add the peppers and a little olive oil.  Saute for 1-2 minutes
• Stir in the turnip puree.  Stir for 1-2 minutes then reduce heat to medium low.
• Add prepared IP tomato basil soup mix.  Heat for 3 minutes.  Don't let it boil as the IP soup will curdle
• Stir in spices and let simmer for 5 minutes

Enjoy!