My Amazing Tomato Basil Soup (Like Applebees®)

This tastes just like the tomato basil soup they serve at Applebee’s®. The hubs loved it so that’s saying something! I always add a pinch of sugar to tomato-based sauce, but I’m not sure that it needed it. Served it with baked fries with seasoned salt and grilled gouda cheese sandwiches on thick crusty bread, panini-style.

Step: 1

Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Saute garlic in hot oil until tender and fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir

Step: 2

Stir condensed tomato soup and marinara sauce into garlic; slowly add water. Mix oregano and black pepper into soup; bring to a simmer, reduce heat to low, and cook until flavors blend, about 15 minutes. Stir basil into soup. Ladle into bowls and top with croutons and Parmesan cheese.

Per Serving: 350 calories; protein 5.5g; carbohydrates 27.5g; fat 25.5g; cholesterol 5.2mg; sodium 1089.8mg.

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