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Super Simple Mediterranean Tomato Soup

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The rain has been lashing down outside my windows lately, autumn has truly arrived and it makes me want to curl up on the sofa with a book and a cup of hot coffee. And for dinner I crave the warmth of a soup. Today’s recipe will brighten your dreadful gray days with its bright red colour.

On a work bench the ingredients of the super simple tomato soup are laid out: passata, canned crushed tomatoes, one onion, three carrots, two cloves of garlic, a mixture of salt and pepper in a white cup.
Super Simple Tomato Soup ingredients

The recipe is another version of my Super Simple Tomato Soup, this time with the addition of oregano and black olives to the base. Adding crumbled feta cheese and a pinch of oregano on top before serving, will hopefully give this dish a hint of a sunny Mediterranean holiday.

Ingredients to adapt plain tomato soup into a Mediterranean tomato soup laid out. Oregano in a glass bottle, cut up black olives in a small bowl and crumbled feta cheese in a larger bowl.
Ingredients to adapt plain tomato soup into a Mediterranean tomato soup

A reminder of sunshine and hot summer weather as the days here in the Northern Hemisphere grows darker.

Mediterranean soup in a blue bowl, topped with crumbled feta cheese, black olives and green onions, next to a folded blue napkin with a silver spoon on top of it.
Super Simple Mediterranean Tomato Soup.

Freezable

Freeze the Super Simple Tomato Soup as is and once reheated, add the additional toppings, like olives and feta cheese in this version. This will give you plenty of options of which version you try today.

Mediterranean soup in a blue bowl, topped with crumbled feta cheese, black olives and green onions, next to a folded blue napkin with a silver spoon on top of it.
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Super Simple Mediterranean inspired tomato soup

Yet another version of my Super Simple Tomato Soup.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Soup
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Keyword: feta cheese, olives, tomatoes
Servings: 8 portions

Ingredients

  • 1 onion
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 3 carrots
  • 800 g chopped tomatoes
  • 500 ml water
  • 500 g tomato passata
  • 100 ml black olives
  • 1 tbsp oregano
  • 1 tsp salt
  • A pinch of pepper

Toppings:

  • Feta cheese

Instructions

  • Chop onion, mince garlic and shred carrots.
  • Cook onion and garlic in a large pot until soft, about five minutes.
  • Add Carrots and cook together for two-three minutes.
  • Cut the black olives in half.
  • Add crushed tomatoes, passata and black olives, top up with water and spices.
  • Bring to boil and then let simmer for fifteen minutes.
  • Taste and add more spices if necessary.
  • Ladle the soup into individual bowls and top with crumbled feta cheese.

Notes

Using only one pot, reduces the time spent doing the dishes.
If you prefer a smoother soup, once cooked together carefully pour it in to a blender and blend on high speed until reach desired consistency

Variations

Start with the Super Simple Tomato Soup base, then add your own flavours.
Try this Spicy Version or my Moroccan Inspired version.

Red tomato soup simmering in a silver pot, with some shredded carrots visible.
Simmering Super Simple Tomato Soup