Hearty Homemade Tomato Soup

Ingredients:

• 1 (14 ounce) can sweet potatoes (can substitute with carrots)
• 2 (28 ounce) cans diced tomatoes
• 1 (14 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (10 ounce) can condensed tomato soup
• 3 cups dried navy beans cooked as directed
• 1 (10 ounce) jar roasted red peppers, including oil (if adding fresh peppers add 3 tbsp oil)
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1 cup no fat cottage cheese
• 1/2 cup 1% milk
• 1/4 cup onion flakes
• 3 cloves garlic
• 2 tablespoon basil
• 1 tablespoon red pepper spice
• 1 tablespoon butter
• salt
• pepper

Directions:
Prep Time: 15 mins Total Time: 35 mins Yield: 10
1. Simmer potatoes, tomatoes, beans, peppers in juices from canned tomatoes and broth.
2. Fry garlic, butter and onion flakes until brown, add to simmering veggies with basil.
3. After veggies simmered for at least an hour, add all other ingredients except cottage cheese and milk, then blend ingredients until pureed. Separately puree cottage cheese and milk.
4. Pour all pureed ingredients into crockpot, stir, and cook on low for 8 hrs
Approx. Calories  175  per serving