Chef Charles Michael Dishes out Healthy Recipes

Fresh Tomato Soup with Basil

 

It a remdition of a local eaterys tomato soup. 

Ingredients

2-3 onions chopped

1 medium carrot, rough chopped

1 smallish potato, rough chopped

1 1/2 lb. tomatoes, quartered

2-3 bay leaves

1/2 oz. sun-dried tomatoes

2 sticks celery, chopped

1-2 tsp. vegetable stock powder

1-2 cloves garlic

2 tbs. freshly chopped basil or 1-2 tsp. dried basil

Procedure:

1. Saute onion, garlic, carrot and celery in a little olive oil for about 5 minutes until it gets soft.
2. If using dried basil, add it now. Then add potato and saute a little more.
3. As soon as the potatoes begin to stick it is time to add the tomatoes, bay leaves an sun-dried tomatoes. Also add enough water/stock to just cover tomatoes.
4. Simmer for half an hour, or until all vegetables are tender. 
5. Fish out the bay leaves. Blend. Season to taste adding fresh basil.

Author Bio:
Charles Kandutsch is author of a nutrition book entitled, Eat The Right Foods were it’s his belief that you can’t out run your appetite.  He also authored Cook The Right Foods a companion cookbook that teaches chefs healthy food preparation with over 300 recipes.  Shop The Right Foods is the final book of the trilogy which focuses on the prevention, maintenance and reversal of chronic disease by selecting specific ingredients.  Chef Charles has trimmed approximately 100 pounds of fat from his body by from eating right, not dieting and exercise and has included healthy eating advice, cooking techniques and recipes in these three books.