Sunday, March 2, 2008

Tortellini Soup

It's been a while since I last posted a recipe. Here is a new recipe that I tweaked tonight. Matt and I both said we would eat this again, and we're not soup eaters! It didn't take long to make, mainly food-prep.
I'm adding Weight Watchers information to the bottom of each recipe from this point forward, to help out anyone who is following Weight Watchers (as quite a few in our family here in America are doing right now).

Tortellini Soup


Ingredients:

1 can Swanson "Low-Sodium" Chicken Broth
1 can Swanson "Roasted Garlic" Chicken Broth
2 cups (uncooked) Barilla Spinach and Cheese Tortellini
4 cups (uncooked) Napa/Chinese Cabbage, finely shredded
1 cup sliced carrots
1/2 cup finely diced onion
2 cloves garlic, crushed or sliced (yes, we like garlic...)
1 tbsp tomato paste

Method:

Start heating water for boiling tortellini in a separate saucepan on the stove.

In a large deep skillet or saucepan, spray non-stick spray. Heat over medium-low heat.
Saute carrots, onion and garlic in pan for around 5 mins, until tender.
Add broth, cabbage, tomato paste to the pan. Bring to a boil, and reduce heat to simmer until tortellini is cooked.

Add tortellini to now-boiling water, and cook as per directions on package. Halfway through cooking, take approximately 2/3 cup of the boiling water and add to the soup.
When tortellini is cooked, drain and add to the soup. Serve immediately.

We added some finely grated Romano cheese to ours, and some salt and pepper to taste.

For those in Australia, you may need to substitute something for the tortellini if you can't find it over there, and maybe the flavoured broth.


Makes 4 servings (1.5 cups)
Weight Watchers: 4

1 comment:

Karolynn said...

Oh my gosh that looks so good. I think it is awesome that you have the points on too. I will have to try it for sure. Love, Karolynn ps how is my son-in-law?