Creamy Tomato Soup

[JinxieKat]

I got my Vita-Prep today.. Whaoo! It is everything I hoped it would be! But, that aside I have been craving tomato soup.. so I thought about it, figured it up in my head and tried this..

4 medium tomatos
1/2 avacado
1 small handfull of cashews
Fresh Basil to taste
a pinch or two of salt
Water for to create prefered texture, I only used a little bit.

I was quite pleased since it is the first raw recipie I've tried out. The texture was great, it looked just like tomato soup made with milk, but the taste was a bit acidy. I was hopeing the avacado would cut some of the acid of the raw tomatos, but it wasn't quite enough. I did cut the other half of my avacado into pieces and eating a piece of avacado then a few bites of soup helped quite a bit. But, does anyone know of any other ways to cut the acid? I love tomato soup, it is such a comfort food for me and to make it raw would be just wonderful!

Thanks!

Jinx

[livingatthetop]

I would add a couple of dates and sundried tomatos to the mix

[jaurequi]

Good suggestion, LivingattheTop.

JinxKat, I would probably add some carrots and blend (not chunks, but blend to smooth) and add a pinch of allspice.

You could also use less tomatoes or try using more nuts.

VitaMix is great isn't it? :)

Best,

[Doe]

Here is a recipe from somewhere on the net. For some reason seems like it is Fred Patenaud's. Hmmm ... if not ..

Raw Campbell's Soup

6 roma tomatoes
1 sweet red peppers
Juice from lemon or lime
1/2 cup raw cashew nuts
Blend till smooth.

Enjoy,
Teri S

[Aasyah]

This sounds good, i would try this with flax crackers and a veggie salad :)

Aasyah