A super simple soup that’s great for keeping things light at lunchtime. Roasting vine tomatoes, courgette and garlic with olive oil, sea salt and oregano provides an effortless dose of mediterranean flavour that will instantly make your life feel a little more sun drenched.
I decided to go for a half blended, half chunky approach. I find totally blended soups a bit monotonous, and roasted tomatoes and courgettes are lush to bite into for bursts of extra flavour..
I used my trusty Optimum Froothie 9400 power blender to make this soup. You can find my review of it here, but just know that I use this gadget daily for smoothies, soups and sauces!
Alongside my tasty bowl of sunshiny soup I toasted some sandwich thins and loaded them up with cottage cheese, sun blush tomatoes and a scattering of roasted almonds and torn basil leaves. Plenty of crunch and bags of flavour.
The rain may have been throwing itself at my windows, and a sea fret might have moved in for the day, but all I cared about was being indoors with my lunch while my drenched clothes dried on the radiator after a blustery walk on the beach with the dogs. Honestly, the climate up here is bonkers, so healthy comfort food like this is an absolute necessity.
Ratatouille Soup
Serves 4
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 30 mins
Ingredients
500g cherry tomatoes on the vine
2 courgettes
1 bulb garlic
olive oil
1 tsp dried oregano
pinch sea salt flakes
500ml vegetable stock
Method
- Pre-heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Remove the tomatoes from the vine and put in a roasting dish along with the chopped courgette. Separate the garlic cloves from the bulb, removing any excess skin, but you don’t need to peel them. Add them into the roasting dish, drizzle generously with olive oil, scatter with oregano and sea salt and then roast in the oven for 30 minutes.
- Make up 500ml of vegetable stock and pour into a blender jug along with half of the roasted vegetables. Blitz briefly then stir in the rest of the roasted vegetables. Serve immediately or chill/freeze for later.
Link-ups
I’m hooking my recipe up with some brilliant blogging events…
Tasty Tuesdays over on Honest Mum
Recipe of the Week with A Mummy Too
No Croutons Required from Tinned Tomatoes
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Such a simple but delicious looking soup! I love to cook soup in big batches and freeze in zip lock bags for future eating. Yum!
Soup is perfect for batch cooking!
Sounds absolutely scrumptious 😀 Big fan of ratatouille so I know I’ll love this soup! 🙂
Thanks Nadia – the flavours really are lush!
I love ratatouille, a big chunky bowl of soup always goes down a treat in our household!
It’s such a satisfying meal!
What a lovely soup! The Froothie makes it so easy. These flavours sound gorgeous 🙂
Thanks Kate – yes the froothie certainly makes short work of it!
Your ratatouille soup looks like porridge. I’m not sure that I would love it, but I’ll give it a try. Thanks for sharing
Porridge?! Gee thanks 😉
This sounds so simple to make and yet incredibly delicious! Have pinned to try later!
It’s super simple!
Thanks for sharing this recipe. Looks yummy!
Thanks Emma!
What a lovely simple Spring soup. Its gorgeous!
Thanks Jo!
Perfect recipe for my farmers’ market haul right now. Ripe, juicy toms and courgettes still in season.
pooh lucky you!
This is the kind of soup I’m craving at the moment – both on sunny days and the more gloomy ones too! Fab flavours.
Thanks Sian… it’s the perfect in-between soup!
That sounds yum and I have all the ingredients to hand right now!
Oooh handy!
Sounds great and fast ! Great combination,thanks
It’s super simple Mindy!
Mmm, I love soup and I love ratatouille – wonderful combination!
Ratatouille is just so tasty!
Ratatouille soup sounds like a brilliant invention, it would be perfect for using up a few lost vegetables I find in the fridge from time to time!
It’s a great way to use up those veggies lurking at the bottom of the fridge!!!
Looks delish
Thanks!