Slow Cooker Creamy Tomato Soup

Prep Time:30 minutes Cook Time: 45 minutes Servings: 4 minutes

This rich, creamy, tomato soup is easily made in a slow cooker and features Italian plum tomatoes and half-and-half. It makes for a great go-to on a cold winter day.

Ingredients:
  • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 onions, sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic cloves, smashed and peeled, or more to taste
  • 2 (28 ounce) cans italian-style plum tomatoes, drained
  • 4 cups vegetable broth
  • 1 (28 ounce) jar tomato sauce
  • 6 sprigs flat-leaf parsley
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon white sugar
  • 2 cups half-and-half
Directions:
  1. Heat olive oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and garlic. Cook, stirring often until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Place in the bottom of a slow cooker.
  2. Add plum tomatoes, vegetable broth, tomato sauce, parsley sprigs, salt, and sugar to the slow cooker. Cover and cook on High until tomatoes are stewed, 3 to 4 hours. Remove parsley sprigs.
  3. Puree the soup using an immersion blender.
  4. Stir half-and-half into pureed soup. Cover and cook until heated through, 20 to 30 minutes.