Roasted Eggplant Garlic Soup | Vegetable/Fruit Day
This makes enough for many 1 cup servings. Also freezes well for next 2 veggie days.
Ingredients
- 1 large eggplant
- 1 whole head garlic
- 1 large red onion (chopped)
- 1/2 tea thyme (dried)
- 1/4 cup basil or 1/2 fresh chopped
- 1 can whole Italian tomatoes (28 oz.)
- 2 cups veggie stock
- 2 cups water
- salt & pepper
Directions
- preheat oven to 375
- slice eggplant into 1/4 inch rounds
- sprinkle with salt and pepper
- cut off top of garlic head
- sprinkle with salt and pepper and a spritz of pam
- wrap garlic in foil leaving top exposed
- roast eggplant and foil wrapped garlic in a PAM-sprayed pan for 20 minutes, remove eggplant and continue roasting garlic 20 more minutes
- chop eggplant into bite-size pieces
- in a large PAM-sprayed soup pot, sauté onions and spices until soft
- squeeze garlic into pot, add tomatoes, eggplant, stock and water
- bring to boil & lower and simmer 20 minutes
- puree in pot with Immersion blender or leave chunky (your choice)
- correct seasonings
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