Creamy Sun Dried Tomato Tortellini Soup

This Creamy Sun Dried Tomato Tortellini Soup is pure comfort food in a creamy and hearty soup! This uses a pre-made cream starter which is perfect for making easy creamy soups and is filled with sun dried tomatoes, tortellini, and spinach!

Creamy Sun Dried Tomato Tortellini Soup


I don't know about where you live, but we have had a major change in weather here in Minnesota.  Helloooo winter!  With the chilly evenings, I'm naturally craving comfort food - soups, stews, casseroles, you name it.

Today I'm sharing with you a soup that is pure comfort food and not only that but is incredibly quick and easy to make. As in… get-home-from-work-starving quick and easy. We're talking 30 minutes from hangry to sitting down for dinner. Crisis averted.

First, you start by sautéing up an onion. Then you throw in some sundried tomato pesto. Have you ever had this stuff? Oh my it's delicious…

If you can't find it in your grocery store, you could also use jarred sundried tomatoes that are packed in oil. Just be sure to run them through the food processor first to get them pureed.

Creamy Sun Dried Tomato Tortellini Soup

After you add the sundried tomato pesto then comes the fun part - the Swanson Cream StarterTM, which is a lightly seasoned cream based broth to help move along the cooking process. So no roux making. No adding cornstarch for it to thicken. You simply add the Cream Starter, and there you go - creamy sundried tomato tortellini soup.

Creamy Sun Dried Tomato Tortellini Soup

Once I added the Cream Starter, I added a touch of milk to thin it out a bit, along with cooked tortellini and spinach. Then that's it... time to sit down and eat sundried tomato tortellini soup!

While simple, the soup gets a TON of flavor from the sundried tomatoes. I loved the cheesy tortellini throughout the creamy soup, and the spinach made me feel better about eating it with a side of bread instead of a salad. Moderation, you know?

Creamy Sun Dried Tomato Tortellini Soup

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Creamy Sun Dried Tomato Tortellini Soup

Creamy Sun Dried Tomato Tortellini Soup

This Creamy Sun Dried Tomato and Tortellini Soup is pure comfort food in a creamy and hearty soup! This uses a pre-made cream starter which is perfect for making easy creamy soups and is filled with sun dried tomatoes, tortellini, spinach, and herbs!
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Course: Soup
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 514kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 yellow onion diced
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • teaspoon pepper
  • ¼ cup sundried tomato pesto
  • 1 container Swanson Cream Starter Traditional or Reduced Fat
  • 1 cup milk
  • 10 oz cheese tortellini
  • 3 cups baby spinach roughly chopped

Instructions

  • Cook tortellini according to package.
  • While waiting for water to boil/tortellini to cook, add olive oil to large soup pot.
  • Add onion and sauté until soft and translucent, 5-7 minutes.
  • Season with salt and pepper.
  • Add sun-dried tomato pesto and stir well to combine.
  • While stirring the onion mixture, slowly stir in Cream Starter and milk.
  • Cook for 5 minutes over medium heat, stirring frequently.
  • Lastly, add tortellini and spinach, stirring until spinach is wilted.
  • Serve into bowls, topped with shredded Parmesan cheese.
  • Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 514kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 40g | Saturated Fat: 21g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 132mg | Sodium: 554mg | Potassium: 224mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 2706IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 194mg | Iron: 2mg
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This blog post is sponsored by Swanson®.

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  1. In my mind tortellini soup is just the kind of dish that midwesterners invented to get them through these ridiculous winter months. Michigan got dumped on yesterday too, and this looks like the perfect antidote 🙂

  2. I am planning on making Tortellini soup this weekend--I may just have to try your version 🙂 Sounds delicious!

  3. The weather is having some major mood changes here too! It is going to snow tomorrow so this soup is perfect!

  4. I saw you guys had quite the winter system move through! We had just a couple inches, but more is on the way tomorrow. Gah! I love tomato soup, and this version looks like a winner. And hangry to sitting at the table in 30 is always a good thing!

  5. I like how you've used the tomato pesto and baby spinach in this beautiful soup. NEED that cream starter...what a great idea!

  6. This is beautiful. Soul satisfying, and something I want to make very soon. Happy to see spinach in it too!