Spicy BLT Soup--Suggestions welcome

alias1001

Found the recipe below in Everyday Food earlier this summer. Upon entering the indigents into the "My Recipe" program, I never realized how much calories/fat the olive oil cost. Any suggestions on how to improve it? (Don't worry, I use bacon and the croutons VERY sparingly)

Andrea's Spicy BLT Soup
Everyday Food Summer 2011

2 lb assorted tomatoes, finely chopped
1 small cucumber, coarsely chopped
2 medium Fresno chiles or jalapeños, stemmed and chopped
½ small yellow onion, chopped
1 garlic clove, smashed
2 tsp white wine vinegar
1 slice white bread, crust removed and torn into pieces
½ c extra virgin olive oil
½ tsp sugar
croutons, crumbled cooked bacon, and sliced lettuce, to garnish

Sprinkle tomatoes with ¼ tsp salt and let sit for 10 minutes. In a blender, combine the soup ingredients and purée until smooth for about 1 minute.

Press through sieve and discard solids. Cover and refrigerate until cold, at least 2 hours and up to 3 days.

Four servings(?)
Calories: 294
Carbs: 11
Fat: 27g
Protein: 2g
(These figures don't include the garnishes)

Alacey88

Bump for furture meal to make

angelarozmyn

yum

sdechantal

I would switch out the bacon for turkey bacon (LOVE IT!) very low cal...low fat. I wonder how important the olive oil is in this recipe? How much would it change the taste if you omitted it?

bdurls

Maybe instead of the oil you could use low sodium veggie broth?

scubagirl319

I would exchange chicken broth or beef broth for the oil and just before serving drizzle maybe a teaspoon of olive oil on the top to give it the flavor