Slow Cooker Creamy Tomato Tortellini Soup

💛 Why You Will Like This Recipe

I also want to start utilizing my slow cooker more, but the thing about slow cookers is that they make A LOT of food. There is just two people living in this house and two dogs. Most crockpot recipes make enough food to feed an army.

I had to cut this recipe down to ¾s and used my mini crock pot. The original recipe calls for 3 28 ounce cans of whole tomatoes and just one of those is enough for 2 people. Serve this yummy soup with some grilled cheese for lunch. It's a good base soup for just tomato soup if you don't like tortellini. It's my favorite stuffed pasta.

I've tried many methods for cooking tomato soup like even this Air Fryer Tomato Soup and you can even cook tomatoes in an air fryer - Air Fryer Roasted Tomatoes.

Ingredients Needed

• 1 ¾ cup diced carrots (3 medium)
• 1 ¾ cup diced yellow onion (1 large)
• 2 tablespoon olive oil
• 5 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 (28 oz) cans whole Roma tomatoes
• 1 (32 oz) carton vegetable broth (fat free)
• ⅓ cup chopped fresh basil, plus more for garnish
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 16 oz refrigerated three cheese tortellini
• ¾ cup 1% milk

How to Make Slow Cooker Creamy Tomato Soup

1. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add carrots and onion and saute 3 - 4 minutes, add garlic and saute 1 minute longer. Pour mixture into a 6 or 7 quart slow cooker along with tomatoes, vegetable broth, basil, bay leaves, sugar. Stir and season with salt and pepper to taste. Cover slow cooker and cook on LOW 6 - 7 hours or HIGH 3 - 3 ½ hours.
2. Remove bay leaves then puree mixture well with an emulsion blender (or carefully in small batches in a blender. If your slow cooker doesn't keep all the moisture in well while cooking, you may need to add in ½ cup water or so at this point so the soup isn't too thick). Stir in tortellini, cover and cook on HIGH heat 15 minutes longer (or until heated through). Reduce heat to warm, stir in milk. Serve topped with parmesan cheese and fresh basil.
3. Serving size: 1 cup 

What Slow Cookers or Crockpots are the Best? 

When choosing a slow cooker think of the size of your family first. Do you have a large family of 6 or more? You probably want a larger crockpot that is 7 qt or more. For smaller families that are 4 or less choose a 4 qt slow cooker and just adjust the recipe ingredients in half. No need to change the cooking times.

Elite Gourmet - Electric oval slow cooker has adjustable temps and can make anything from entrees, sauces, stews & dips. Plus it’s dishwasher safe. This one also comes in a 4 quart size!

Crock-Pot 7-Quart Oval -  Manual Slow Cooker | Stainless Steel (SCV700-S-BR) Spatious 7 quart manual slow cooker that servers up to 9 people. Fits a 7 pound roast. Keeps food at an ideal serving temperature for as long as you need to so you can make dishes ahead of time!