This creamy Tortellini Soup recipe has cheese tortellini in seasoned vegetable broth with fresh basil, diced tomatoes, and spinach. It's healthy comfort food that's delicious and ready in under 30 minutes!
Add oil and butter to a large saucepan over medium heat. Once melted, add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes.
Add the garlic. Stir in the flour and cook for another minute.
Add the vegetable broth, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, Italian seasoning, and dried basil. Season with salt and pepper. Taste broth and adjust seasonings if needed.
Bring mixture to a gentle boil and then add the tortellini. Cook for a few minutes, until tortellini are tender.
Remove from heat and stir in spinach, parmesan cheese, and cream.
Add chopped basil. Serve warm.
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Sausage Tortellini Soup: We often like to add cooked ground sausage to this recipe. Cook it with the onion in step 1.More veggies: This is a great recipe to add extra produce from your fridge that needs to be used up. While sautéing the onion you could also add celery, shredded carrot, baby broccoli, chopped kale, chopped zucchini.Crockpot Tortellini Soup: Sauté onion then add to crockpot. Add remaining ingredients except for tortellini, spinach, parmesan cheese, and cream. Cook for 4-5 hours, then add the tortellini the last 30 minutes. Add spinach, parmesan cheese, and cream a few minutes before serving.Storage Instructions: Keep tortellini soup covered in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.Freezing Instructions: Make the soup up to step 3 (before adding the tortellini). Allow it to cool, and store it in a freezer safe container for up to 3 months. To reheat, heat the soup until boiling, add the tortellini, and cook for a few minutes until tender. Remove from heat and stir in spinach, parmesan cheese, and cream.I originally shared this recipe in 2014, inspired by Closet Cooking.