Quick Tomato & Pasta Soup

Quick Tomato & Pasta Soup

Today it is a very cold winter’s day in upstate NY. As I write this it is below zero. This seems like a good day for homemade tomato soup with pasta.

Here is how I made this soup:

Quick Tomato & Pasta Soup

Ingredients

•1 ½ teas of  garlic, minced or 1 teas of ready to use minced garlic

•        1 teaspoon dried Italian seasonings

•        1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper (optional)

•        1  28-ounce cans crushed tomatoes

•        ½  cup water

•        2 teaspoons sugar

•        1 cup nonfat or low-fat milk

•        ¼ cup pasta

Directions

1.       In crock pot add all ingredients except milk and pasta/

2.      Cook on low for five hours

3.      Add cooked pasta and milk during the last half hour of cooking

Later when dinner is ready I will get out the trusty George Forman grill and make a grilled cheese sandwich.

This is so traditional I may even make a glass of chocolate milk!

Mmmmmm so good on a cold day like this!

I am sitting here eating my dinner and I would not change a thing about this soup! It tastes like you always hope that this kind of soup will taste. You will not be disappointed!

In a couple of days add a few meatballs and some kale, spinach,

or escarole to the soup and you will have an entirely different meal!