We’re back again and we’re back with our good friend cottage cheese. We’ve put it in our eggs, cheesecake, mac and cheese, and even protein bars with success! Today? We get even more adventurous and throw it into an absolutely delicious and creamy Healthy Tomato Soup with Protein. This recipe is super calorie friendly, great for volume eating, easy to make, and packed with awesome macros.

Start this one with a lined baking sheet. Add right onto it 5 ounces of baby or chopped up carrots, 1 chopped up onion, and a 28 ounce can of whole peeled tomatoes. Don’t dump the can directly onto the pan, individually remove the tomatoes and put the can off to the side.

Pour a tablespoon of olive oil over the top and mix everything around to coat it. Finish with a little salt and pepper.

Roasted Vegetables

Put your pan into the oven on 375F/190C for around 50 minutes or until they’re roasted. You can optionally flip them halfway through cooking to help them roast more evenly. I never do this for this recipe.

From here, find your choice powerful blender or food processor. As long as it can blend or process chopped up vegetables, you should be good to go.

Add into whatever you’re using the rest of your whole peeled tomatoes can, 3 cups of a low sodium bone broth, 4 teaspoons of minced garlic, 5 tablespoons of tomato paste, 1 1/2 teaspoons of oregano, 4 tablespoons of basil pesto, 1 cup of cottage cheese, a pinch of salt, 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper, and your roasted vegetables.

If you want less fat in the recipe you can use less basil pesto.

Blend or process all of those healthy tomato soup with protein ingredients up until smooth.

Cottage Cheese Soup

Remember that with most of our cottage cheese recipes, you can’t taste it AT ALL! The cottage cheese here is going to give you that creamy tomato soup feel all while adding a bunch of protein to the recipe.

Last, take out a saucepan, turn your burner on low, and pour your mix into it. Let that heat up thoroughly for around 15-20 minutes making sure to stir it as it heats up so that it heats up evenly.

There is your healthy tomato soup with cottage cheese! It’s pretty quick to prep and I usually get 4 servings with this. Don’t forget that you can scale this recipe below if you want more or less servings.

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Protein pro tip! If you want more protein in it? Add some cooked chicken into the saucepan as you’re reheating it, rotisserie works great.