High Protein Tomato Soup (2024)

This high protein tomato soup with cottage cheese is a deliciously creamy and cozy soup that is perfect for any meal. You only need a handful of ingredients and you can have this healthy tomato soup ready in no time.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

I love tomato soup, this blog has quite a few versions from a freezer-friendly dairy free instant pot tomato soup, tomato garlic tomato soup, roasted corn and tomato soup, and tomato potato soup. While I love tomato soup, it’s usually not very filling.

However, this tomato soup is different. It has a secret ingredient… and it’s cottage cheese! Thanks to the addition of cottage cheese, the usual 5g of protein in tomato soup is bumped up to 11g, making for a more filling dish.

It’s also a super easy recipe to make as you simply simmer and then blend up the soup. You’ll have this recipe ready for dinner (or meal prep) in no time.

Ingredients You’ll Need

• oil — I use olive oil to saute my onions, but you can use any neutral oil of your choice.
• onion — I use a small yellow onion but feel free to use a large onion or onion of your choice.
• garlic — I always recommend freshly minced garlic over minced garlic in a jar. I usually buy a large batch of garlic and run it through the food processor to mince before freezing, so I always haveminced garlicon hand.
• tomato paste — adding tomato paste will increase the tomato-y flavor of the soup and help thicken it.
• dried basil — what’s tomato soup without some basil? Adding dried basil to the soup and simmering it really infuses the basil flavor into the soup versus just stirring it in at the end.
• sugar — a small amount of sugar can help round out the flavor as it helps counteract the acidity of the tomatoes.
• canned tomatoes — canned whole tomatoes are ideal. Make sure to keep and add the liquid that’s in the can.
• vegetable broth — I use low-sodium vegetable broth, but you can use any broth. While water can be used a pinch, I highly recommend broth as it adds way more flavor.
• cottage cheese — cottage cheese is a wonderfulsource of protein, so it’ll leave you feeling satiated. Half a cup of 2% MF cottage cheese (110 grams) has 12 grams of protein! It’s soft, white, and creamy, and it comes in different milk fat levels and curd sizes. I’m using 2% MF (2% milk fat), but I usually just pick whichever container is on sale! Once blended with the soup, it thickens the soup and makes it delightfully creamy.
• salt & pepper
• garnishes — optional garnishes include fresh basil and parmesan.

How to Make High Protein Tomato Soup

• Add oil over medium heat in a large pot. Add the onions and cook until softened, for 4 to 5 minutes.
• Add the garlic and cook for another minute before adding the salt. If the bottom of your pot starts browning, you can deglaze it with a splash of the vegetable broth. It’ll add more flavor to your soup! You deglaze by scraping the bottom of the pot after adding the liquid.

• Add tomato paste to the pot and cook for a minute.
• Add the sugar and dried basil and give everything a stir.

• Add the canned tomatoes (with the liquid!) and the vegetable broth. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occassionally. (Add more salt at this stage if desired)

• Add the soup to the blender along with cottage cheese. Blend until smooth. You might have to do this in two batches, depending on how large your blender is. Just be careful when blending hot soup by making sure there’s a way for the steam to release by not filling the soup to the top. I remove the center of the lid to my kitchenaid and cover the gap with a linen napkin.
• Serve as is or top with your favorite garnishes like parmesan, basil, and pepper.

Recipe Tips and Notes

• I use aVitamix.
• For extra flavour, I like adding someair fryer roaster garlicto the soup.
• Try serving this soup withno-knead bread,air fryer garlic bread,air fryer croutons, orsourdough croutonsto make this heartier.
• You can use dried Italian seasoning in place of the dried basil.
• To make this high protein soup even more hearty, you can add some rinsed and drained navy beans to the blender.

Make Ahead Tips

• Meal prep: allow the tomato soup to cool before you store it. Once cooled, transfer leftovers toan airtight containerin the fridge for up to 4 days .
• Reheat: you can reheat the tomato soup on the stovetop or microwave until warmed through.
• Freezer: I do not recommend freezing this tomato soup with cottage cheese as the cottage cheese might separate and change its texture when thawed and reheated.

More Easy Soup Recipes to Try

• Tomato and Beef Soup
• ABC Soup
• Carrot Pumpkin Soup
• Lasagna Soup
• 4 Ingredient Potato Soup

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