Tomato Soup Calling

Today was a tomato soup kind of day. Not that it is winter here or anything even close (I'm pretty sure we are still hitting near 40 degrees celsius most afternoons), it was a tomato soup kind of day because that happened to be what I had ingredients for in the cupboard. Well mostly. I actually didn't have ALL the ingredients, but I decided to be a bit creative and see if I could work around it AND avoid an unnecessary trip to the grocery store. Sometimes you just have to make things work right? Here's my altered tomato soup recipe if you'd like to give it a try:

Throw in a crockpot:

2 cans of stewed tomatoes (recipe normally calls for 3 but we'll settle for 2 today)

1 sweet potato (should have been a couple of carrots - but sweet potato should offer the same sweetening effect right?)

3 cups vegetable soup stock

1/2 cup milk (recipe calls for full on cream - which we do have incidentally - but I can't stomach the idea of a 1/2 cup whipping cream in my dinner so milk it is.....)

1 cup fage greek yogurt 0% (this is to help increase the protein and give it a creamier look)

1/2 cup egg whites (OK this is a bit of an experiment but I have an open container of egg whites that isn't going to last forever and they will add to the protein levels a bit. They go in after the sweet potato has cooked through and when you are ready to puree the whole soup - just mix the egg whites in with a small portion of soup to bring the temperature up a bit before adding them in and pureeing). Taste. Season, salt, flavour or sweeten according to your taste!

If you try it, let me know what you thought! :)

Serve with some whole grains, and greens and you've got a nutritious and easy dinner!