Easy Tomato Tortellini Soup {made under 30 minutes}

Name: Easy Tomato Tortellini Soup {made under 30 minutes}
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 onion (-minced); 3 cloves garlic (-minced); 1 tsp dried basil; 1/2 tsp dried oregano; 3/4 tsp salt; 1/2 tsp black pepper; 1/2 tsp chili flakes; 796 ml can whole tomatoes (-blitzed with immersion blender until smooth); 3.5 cups unsalted vegetable stock; 250 g package cheese tortellini; 5 cups kale (-leaves removed from stems and cut into bite-sized pieces (loosely packed)); 2 roma tomatoes (-peeled (optional) and cut into bite-sized chunks); parmesan (-grated to taste (garnish))

March 24, 2019 Updated: March 31, 2019 By Dawn Coombs 49 Comments

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This comforting Tomato Tortellini Soup is chocked full of tomato flavour and has lots of hearty kale. Top it off with some freshly grated parmesan cheese and it will surely make your belly happy!

Hey friends! Though it’s technically spring, I still have a few delicious soup recipes to share with you guys before I go full on spring mode, like this super easy tomato tortellini soup.

I dunno about you, but I could legit eat soup year round. You may have heard me say before…we do this thing in our home that I like to refer to as ‘soup Sunday’. Basically, every Sunday I whip up a batch of soup to enjoy throughout the week. It’s a great time saver for busy days and it’s always so nice to come home to a home cooked meal that just needs to be warmed up. Throw in a little bread or side salad and you’re set! Do you meal prep?

Tomato Tortellini Soup Recipe with Kale

Though I do make soup on Sunday as part of our meal prep, this tomato tortellini soup can easily be made after a long day. Guys, when I tell you something is easy to whip up I mean it. From prep to finish, it comes together under 30 minutes. There’s nothing complicated or fussy here; it’s just simple, delicious food.

I love it when you can take sensible shortcuts and still have a wholesome meal that you can feel good about eating. I often use store-bought rotisserie chicken as a time saver and this time I used store-bought cheese tortellini…ain’t nothing wrong with that 😉 What are some kitchen hacks that you like to use or shortcuts that make your life easier? I’d love to hear ’em!

How to Peel Tomatoes

Besides the canned tomato base of this tomato soup, I added a couple of fresh tomatoes. Though not completely necessary, I removed the skin on them to make ’em a little more visually pleasant. Peeling tomatoes is easy and literally takes minutes. This is the guide I used. You can totally do it while the soup is simmering away –

Using a knife, make an ‘X’ in the bottom of the tomato.
Plop into a pot of boiling water for a minute.
Remove and place in a bowl of ice water.
The skin removes easily. Chop and use in soup or whatever recipe you like.

If you’d rather skip peeling the tomatoes, that’s a-ok too! Just chop the tomatoes and proceed with the recipe.

Tips for Making this Tomato Tortellini Soup

If your canned tomatoes are ‘whole’ or anything other than smooth, blitz with a food processor or crush with your hands/smash with a potato masher before using in this tortellini soup recipe.
Brands and varieties of canned tomatoes vary in salt content, so keep that in mind before adding salt.
I used unsalted chicken broth and, once again, if you used anything other than ‘unsalted’ keep that in mind when adding any seasoning.
The tortellini used in this tomato tortellini soup were ‘cheese’ filled. You can used whatever variety you wish.
Because there’s pasta in this soup, leftovers may thicken up slightly. Upon reheating, you may have to add a little stock to loosen.

How Long Will Tortellini Soup Last?

Store leftovers, covered, in the fridge and enjoy within 3-4 days.

Variations for this Tomato Tortellini Soup Recipe

Kale was used in this soup, but baby spinach or chard would work lovely too. Keep in mind, though, that kale is a little more hearty than spinach. If using spinach, I would recommended adding during the last two minutes of cook time.
Want to make this tortellini soup even heartier? Add in some cooked Italian sausage (or your fave variety) or cooked chicken.
Don’t have tortellini on hand? Though it won’t technically be a ‘tortellini’ soup, other types of pasta would work in a pinch (think elbow macaroni, stars or other small pastas).
Want a creamy tortellini soup? Stir in a little heavy cream at the end.

Other Easy Vegetarian Soups you May Enjoy

Because of the pasta and kale, this soup is hearty enough to serve for dinner. It would also pair wonderfully with a green salad or grilled cheese.

Hope you love this tomato tortellini soup recipe as much as we do!

Until next time, take care and chit chat again soon 🙂

~Dawn

P.S. If you think this easy vegetable tortellini soup will make your belly happy too, please be sure to hit that Pin button. Many thanks, you guys! XO

A bowl of vegetable tortellini soup garnished with parmesan.

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