Vitamix Pizza Soup
Change up the ingredients of this 4-minute soup as easily as you change up your pizza toppings.
Ingredients
- 1 garlic clove
- ½ cup (80 g) onion, peeled, diced
- 4 (40 g) mushrooms, sliced
- ½ cup (75 g) green bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, diced
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil, optional
- 8 slices (16 g) pepperoni
- 1½ ounce italian sausage, cooked, drained, broken into small pieces
- 1½ cup (360 ml) water, or vegetable stock
- 3 Roma tomatoes, diced
- 2½ Tablespoon (45 ml) tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup (55 g) Mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 2 Tablespoons (10 g) grated Parmesan cheese
Directions
- Sauté garlic, onion, mushrooms, green pepper, and one Roma tomato in the olive oil until tender.
- Mix pepperoni and cooked sausage together in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Place water, half of the sautéed vegetable mixture, 2 tomatoes, tomato paste, and seasonings into the Vitamix container in the order listed and secure lid.
- Select Variable 1.
- Turn machine on and slowly increase speed to Variable 10, then to High.
- Blend for 1-3 minutes or until heavy steam escapes from the vented lid.
- Reduce speed to Variable 2 and remove the lid plug.
- Add remaining half of sautéed vegetables, meat mixture, and cheeses through the lid plug opening.
- Blend for an additional 5-10 seconds.
Nutrition Information
| Serving Size | 1 cup (240 ) |
| Amount Per Servings | |
| Calories | 147 |
| Total Fat | 9 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Cholesterol | 34 mg |
| Sodium | 906 mg |
| Total Carbohydrate | 6 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Sugars | 3 g |
| Protein | 12 g |
