Creamy roasted tomato & orzo soup from Simply Julia: 110 Easy Recipes for Healthy Comfort Food (page 112) by Julia Turshen

  • orzo pasta
  • chicken stock
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    Can substitute vegetable stock or bouillon paste for chicken stock, and pecorino cheese for Parmesan cheese.

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    Can substitute vegetable stock or bouillon paste for chicken stock, and pecorino cheese for Parmesan cheese.

  • BearTrapHouse on March 30, 2026

    Exceptional pantry meal, and relatively hands off.

  • Melissa_427 on October 18, 2023

    I made a batch of shakshuka recently but opted to freeze half of the sauce. I then ended up using the sauce in place of the roasted tomatoes (blended obviously) and it was such a great soup. So, this is a note to myself but also to anyone who happens to have a great sauce on hand: blend it up, add broth and orzo. Definitely enjoyable!

  • pattyatbryce on September 29, 2023

    This is perfect pantry tomato soup. I didn't use orzo per comments and I was serving with pasta and pesto. Like others, an immersion blender is perfect. This is a great, easy, weeknight soup.

  • NJChicaa on May 20, 2023

    Excellent! Next time I will keep the cooked orzo separate because it absorbs the liquid as it sits in the fridge which turns everything into mush.

  • snoozermoose on March 09, 2022

    Made this with vegetable stock for a vegetarian friend. It was easy and very delicious!

  • jimandtammyfaye on February 17, 2022

    Delicious flavor. Chose to omit orzo b/c it tasted so good without it. Used immersion blender instead of vitamix.

  • ginger2212 on November 16, 2021

    This was very delicious! I didn't have whole tomatoes but still roasted a can of crushed tomatoes. It still gave it the tasty roasted flavor. I also didn't want to dirty a blender so I just used my immersion blender after bringing everything to a boil with the stock. I also used whole milk because that's what I had. I'm sure half and half would be more luxurious, but I don't feel like I was missing out.

  • hirsheys on May 09, 2021

    Very yummy and quite easy, though it dirties a number of dishes and the blender. A keeper.

  • SugarTreeBaking on April 28, 2021

    Quick and delicious. The roasting of the tomatoes is a killer technique that I’ll use in other recipes. Will make this again.

  • MollyB on March 09, 2021

    Great recipe! It was a simple and very tasty weeknight meal, made from ingredients I usually have in the pantry. Roasting the canned tomatoes is a genius idea to amp up the flavor. The 9-yr old would have been happier without the orzo- you might want to pull a serving out for picky eaters before adding the orzo.

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