I printed out a recipe from Spark People for what I thought was tortellini soup, but it turned out to be a recipe for a side dish that was just called “tortellini with vegetables.” Since I still had soup on my brain, I read the recipe a few times, thinking they missed an ingredient. “Where’s the broth?” Then I read the instructions and found out it wasn’t soup!
BUT, I wanted to make it soup, so this is my version!
Ingredients:
1 medium red pepper, sliced
1 medium green pepper, sliced
1 orange pepper, sliced
4 cloves of garlic
1 cup snow peas, sugar snap peas, or green beans (I used pea pods)
2 tsp. olive oil
1 banana pepper, sliced (optional)
1 medium onion, chopped
5 or 6 fresh basil leaves (didn’t have that!)
salt and pepper to taste
2 quarts of chicken broth
2 chicken breasts, boneless, cubed and cooked
In a big blender, I chopped up the veggies and added some of the chicken broth and pureed all the veggies.
I do not like chunks of veggies!
In a big stock pot, I added the oil, the pureed veggies, and the rest of the chicken broth. Heat on low, stirring for about 10 minutes. Then in a separate skillet I cooked 2 chicken breasts, which I cut into small pieces until they were almost cooked through and added that to the pot. Then I added the frozen cheese tortellini (1 bag) and put the heat on high until it came to a boil, then reduced the heat and cooked for about 6-8 minutes until the tortellini was cooked. If you are using the fresh basil, after the soup is done, add the basil to the soup and stir it in.
It turned out so great! My husband, my older son, and my daughter all had seconds, so I consider that a good thing!
It was a little spicy, but the flavors of all the peppers was wonderful. For my bowl, I picked out 1 serving of tortellini (which was 12 tortellini for only 290 calories!) and I took about 1 1/2 cups of broth and picked out the pea pods and a little chicken. So I am thinking its about 320 calories or so for a nice big bowl. If you wanted to have it less calories, then you could reduce the amount of tortellini!
I will be making this one again for sure!
20 responses so far ↓
1 Leslie // May 12, 2009 at 2:42 am
I dont like big chunks of veggies either. I love that you blended them
2 Krissie // May 12, 2009 at 2:47 am
That looks so good! I will have to try to make your recipe sometime!
I’m adding a link to your blog if that’s cool!
3 Selba // May 12, 2009 at 3:20 am
Yuummm… looks so yummy!
I didn’t know that yellow pepper calles as banana pepper, sounds so cute
4 Sharon // May 12, 2009 at 3:55 am
Mmmm, delicious, and I love your cute spoon!!!
5 Christina // May 12, 2009 at 4:56 am
Oh wow, this looks so colorful and pretty and looks like it would taste like Spring!! I can’t believe you get 12 tortellini for 290 calories! I’d be stuffed!
6 Emily // May 12, 2009 at 10:17 am
I love tortellini in soup. This sounds great!
7 Nowheymama // May 12, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Wonder how this would be with potato pierogis to make it dairy free?
8 My Taste Heaven // May 12, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Hmm, this looks like our chinese wanton or dumplings!
9 lili // May 12, 2009 at 1:36 pm
looks so delicious, I can’t believe it the low calories – that’s awesome!
10 Amanda4Sensei // May 12, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Way to improvise! This looks so healthy and delicious. There is nothing like a nice homemade soup full of veggies to fill your belly. Thanks for the recipe!
11 Kerstin // May 12, 2009 at 3:40 pm
What a lovely soup – I love adding tortellini to soup because it makes the dish so much more filling!
12 K // May 12, 2009 at 3:58 pm
I’ve never had tortellini in soup – sounds great!!
13 Sarah // May 12, 2009 at 6:34 pm
looks awesome!!! Way to adapt a recipe
I love tortellini as well, but I’ve never made a homemade soup with it… now I really want to try this!!!
14 Monique // May 12, 2009 at 6:47 pm
Looks like a quick and easy recipe! Thanks for the comment!
15 Priyanka // May 12, 2009 at 6:51 pm
yummy that soup is amazing! I too think seconds is a sign that the meal is a HIT!
Thanks for stopping by my blog! I love your blog and your achievements are fantastic!
16 lisaiscooking // May 12, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Sounds great! I love tortellini in a brothy soup.
17 OriyaFood // May 13, 2009 at 2:17 am
Lovely soup… Thanks for dropping by
18 Michelle // May 13, 2009 at 4:36 am
Gorgeous color to your soup!! Interesting recipe too and one I just might try!
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