When it comes to dishes that
might take a while to cook, I use my mini slow cooker to help save time and my
sanity. It’s like magic to enjoy how the ingredients blend to make a yummy
meal. With this dish, I like to serve it with freshly grated romano cheese and
a piece of warm crusty bread smothered with garlic butter.
Ingredients
4 servings
1 lb. tomato
1/2 red bell pepper
1/2 medium yellow onion
3 cloves garlic
1/4 cup olive oil
kosher salt, to taste
pepper, to taste
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon tomato paste
1 cups vegetable stock
½ cup fresh basil leaves
Serve with Fresh Crusty bread
smothered with garlic butter..
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 425ºF
(220ºC).
Trim the stems and cores from the
tomatoes, then roughly chop. Remove the seeds and ribs from the bell pepper and
slice. Peel and quarter the onion. Smash and peel the garlic cloves. Add
everything to a baking sheet and drizzle with the olive oil. Season with salt
and pepper.
Roast for 30 minutes, until the
vegetables are browned on the edges and fragrant.
Transfer the roasted vegetables
to a slow cooker. Add the oregano, thyme, tomato paste, and vegetable stock.
Cover and cook on high for 2
hours.
Using an immersion blender or a
standing blender, puree the soup until creamy.
Stack and roll the basil leaves,
then thinly slice. Add some to the soup and stir to incorporate.
Ladle the warm soup into bowls
and garnish with more basil.
Enjoy!
Elizabeth Kilbride is a Writer
and Editor with forty years of experience in writing, with 12 of those years in
the online content sphere. Author of 5 books and a Graduate with an Associate
of Arts degree in Business Management, a bachelor’s in mass communication and
cyber Analysis, a Master’s in Criminology with emphasis on Cybercrime and
Identity Theft, and is currently studying for her Ph.D. degree in Criminology.
Her work portfolio includes coverage of politics, current affairs, elections,
history, and true crime. Elizabeth is also a gourmet cook, life coach, and avid
artist in her spare time, proficient in watercolor, acrylic, oil, pen and ink,
gouache, and pastels. As a political operative who has worked on over 300
campaigns during her career, Elizabeth has turned many life events into books
and movie scripts while using history to weave interesting storylines. She also
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