I have fond memories of me and my sweetheart eating creamy roasted red pepper soup, many many moons ago, when we first met. Often, with crackers and hummus with basil on top. YUM. I’ve wanted to recreate it for a long time, and finally got to work. And like many of my recipes, this has three ingredients in it (because I can’t be bothered with any more). Easy, simple, and so absolutely delicious, you’ll want it on a regular basis like I do.

I’m all about simple recipes, but if you want to doctor this up with sautéed onions, garlic, basil, go to town! I find that it’s SO delicious and quick as is, I don’t need it changed in any way.

3 or 4 medium sized red peppers

One 28 oz can of whole, cubed, or crushed tomatoes (my favorite is fire roasted)

One 13.5 oz light coconut milk

Salt, to your taste

White beans, optional

First, you’ll want to roast the red peppers: wash them thoroughly and place on a cookie sheet. Place in the oven and roast at 400 degrees for about 40 minutes, turning the red peppers with tongs about halfway through the cooking time. Take them out and place them in a bowl, with another bowl on top ~ this loosens the skins for easier peeling. Let them steam this way for about 20 minutes, and longer is also fine. Peel the peppers, de-seed them, and put them all in a dutch oven or other heavy-bottomed soup pot.

To the pot, you’ll also want to add your can of tomatoes, salt, and the can of coconut milk. Bring to a simmer and cook on low, about 10 minutes or so. Using an immersion blender, blend the whole mixture until it’s a desired thickness. I like to serve the soup with crushed red pepper and white beans to make a whole meal.

For BLE food plan:

It’s tricky to measure this out, since it involves different sizes of peppers and also taking into account that food shrinks when cooked. To keep it simple, I typically just weight my portion of soup (say 10 ounces) and take into matter that that portion also contains my fat portion (from the coconut milk). Easy peasy. I can add in 6 ounces of white beans, and that’s a great meal! Enjoy.