Healthy Homemade Tomato Bisque with Essential Oils

My Easy Homemade Tomato Bisque With Essential Oils is a fantastic meal you can serve year-round or as an appetizer. It’s packed with fresh organic herbs, juicy vegetables, silky coconut milk, and, you guessed it, essential oils. Your entire family will love this sweet, flavorful soup! Serve it hot to warm the coldest winter night, or enjoy it cold in the summer heat.

This creamy tomato bisque soup comes together in less than an hour. Add an organic gluten-free baguette, and you have a memorable meal!

Benefits of Tomatoes

Ripe organic tomatoes are incredibly versatile. They’re one of the best things to grow in your garden because your return on investment is high! They’re also extremely healthy for you. Tomatoes aren’t just easy to grow, though. Here are just a few of the many benefits this fruit brings to the table.

Tomatoes Can Promote Heart Health

One of the best parts about tomatoes is their gorgeous red color. It turns out that lycopene, the compound responsible for a tomato’s hue, can promote better heart health. Studies show that skimping on your lycopene consumption can increase your risk of cardiovascular disease (1).

Lycopene can also help reduce oxidative stress, another factor contributing to heart problems (2). Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death across the board, and we must use God’s gifts to fight back (3).

Tomatoes Can Help You See Clearly

It’s no secret that we live in a technologically advanced society. You may want to listen up if you’re one of the many people who spend hours in front of blue-light screens daily.

Tomatoes contain vitamin A, which your retinas need to function correctly. Lycopene, which we know promotes heart health, can reduce your risk of macular degenerative eye disease (4).

Tomatoes Can Create Healthy Skin

One little-known fact about tomatoes is that they can help you look your best. One study showed that ingesting tomato paste with extra-virgin olive oil helped prevent skin damage and improved skin elasticity. Once again, lycopene is to blame for skin-boosting benefits (5).

Ingesting fresh tomatoes is a tasty way to improve skin health. Antioxidants in lycopene attack free radicals that prematurely age the skin by causing stress to cells (6).

Perhaps a bowl of tomato soup is just what the doctor ordered. Bonus: You have a great excuse to eat Italian food!

Best Ingredients for Tomato Soup

This recipe is an easy and delicious soup to make. I like using garden-fresh heirloom produce for rich tomato flavor but you can use store-purchased if needed. You can even use canned tomatoes to cut down on prep time! Chances are, you have most of these ingredients in your kitchen already.

Organic Yellow Onion: One of the best things in life is sautéed onions! They add a special touch to this soup and a delicious flavor. Onions are part of the Allium genus, and studies have shown that people who eat more veggies in this category are less likely to get gastric cancer (7).

Grass-Fed Organic Sea-Salted Butter or Coconut Oil, Extra-Virgin and Unrefined: Every tomato bisque needs a little fat to cream it up! Rather than heavy cream, this recipe uses butter or coconut oil if you want a dairy-free option.

Butter may have gotten a bad reputation, but recent research has proven that butter is not associated with obesity (8). This doesn’t mean you should eat a whole stick at a time. But, in moderation, a bit of butter is good for you.

If you prefer to keep this recipe totally dairy-free, you can use extra-virgin and unrefined coconut oil. Coconut oil is full of medium-chain triglycerides that give your body a boost of energy and increase the number of calories burned (9). It gives this soup a silky-smooth taste!

Organic Herbs: Nothing elevates a dish like aromatic herbs! This recipe uses a variety of spices to create a wonderful blend of flavors. Dill and dillseed are often used as natural remedies to calm fussy babies and help mothers in their breastfeeding journey (10). Oregano is antibacterial and can fight infection (11). What a winning combination of fresh herbs!

Gluten-Free All-Purpose Flour: We avoid traditional white flour to keep this recipe gluten-free. High-quality gluten-free flours are a must-have for any healthy kitchen! A little gluten-free flour mixed with butter and onion creates a roux, which thickens the soup.

Organic Vegetable Stock: Vegetable stock is a fantastic base for this dish. Did you know it’s easy to make your own broth? Start saving those odds and ends in a freezer and simmer them with some salt and other goodies when the bag is full!

Pink Himalayan Salt or Sea Salt: Some people believe that a no-sodium diet is best, but your body needs a certain amount of salt to thrive. Traditional table salt undergoes a rigorous process that strips it of all nutrients. We love using Colima sea salt because it’s hand-harvested, which leaves all unique minerals intact. You can also use pink Himalayan salt.

Essential Oils: Aside from using fragrant herbal EOs, this recipe also uses lemon essential oil. Just one whiff of lemon is enough to boost my mood! Lemon EO is full of d-limonene, a compound that can alleviate anxiety symptoms (12).

Using essential oils in your culinary efforts is a fantastic way to introduce them to the entire family. It’s also totally safe; you just need to use wisdom. Whenever you include essential oils in a recipe, you also need a dispersant. Healthy fats like butter ensure the essential oils get distributed evenly in this recipe. Without them, your mouth could get irritated. Remember, never ingest an essential oil neat.

Sweetener: Tomato bisque is always better when sweetened! Raw organic local honey is our sweetener of choice for this tomato bisque recipe because it has a deep flavor that complements the dish perfectly. Honey is healthier than white sugar, but you can use liquid stevia if you prefer a sugar-free option.

Liquid stevia blends beautifully and doesn’t contain fillers like you sometimes see in powdered stevia. The main goal is to avoid white, processed, granulated sugar that hides in so many dishes unnecessarily.

How to Make Easy, Creamy Tomato Bisque

The best part about making this favorite soup recipe is that it’s virtually effortless. This recipe serves 5-6 people. We love to do leftovers cold, as you would with gazpacho.

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Tasty Tomato Bisque (With Vegan Option)

Prep Time20 minutes mins

Total Time40 minutes mins

Author: Mama Z

Supplies

• Saucepan
• Immersion blender

Ingredients

• ¼ cup organic dried minced onion OR ¾ cup organic yellow onion, chopped
• ½ cup grass-fed organic sea-salted butter OR ½ cup coconut oil extra-virgin AND unrefined AND ¼ teaspoon pink Himalayan salt OR sea salt, ground*
• ¾ teaspoon organic dried dill seed
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh organic dill OR 1 teaspoon dried
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano OR 1 teaspoon dried
• ¼ cup gluten-free all-purpose flour **
• 3-4 cups organic fresh OR canned diced tomatoes
• 3 cups organic vegetable broth OR Homemade Vegetable Broth
• 1½ teaspoons pink Himalayan salt OR sea salt, ground
• ½ teaspoon organic white pepper, ground
• ¼ cup organic fresh parsley, chopped
• 2 drops dill essential oil
• 2 drops oregano essential oil
• 2 drops lemon essential oil
• 1¼ cups raw organic local honey ***
• 1 (13.5-ounce) can organic full-fat unsweetened coconut milk (1½ cups)

Instructions

• In a medium saucepan over low heat, sauté the onions with the butter, dill seed, chopped dill and oregano. Add the flour, stirring for 2 minutes. Gradually stir in the tomatoes, alternating with the vegetable stock. Add the sea salt, white pepper, and parsley. Raise to medium heat and bring to a gentle boil; reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Add the essential oils, honey, and coconut milk. Mix well using an immersion blender until you achieve a creamy consistency. Heat through and ladle the soup into bowls. Serve hot or cold. Refrigerate leftovers for up to four days.

Notes

*If you want a vegan option, use coconut oil. 

**If you want a grain-free alternative, use organic almond flour.

***If you want a sugar-free alternative, use liquid stevia.

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Homemade Vegetable Broth (Vegan)

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Total Time2 hours hrs

Author: Mama Z

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons organic tomato paste
• 2 organic medium onions, halved (can leave the skin on)
• 3 organic carrots chopped
• 4 organic celery stalks chopped
• 1 whole organic garlic bulb, halved (can leave the skin on)
• 1 cup organic mushrooms, sliced
• 2 organic bay leaves
• ⅛ cup fresh organic parsley, chopped OR 1 tablespoon dried
• 1 (2-inch) organic ginger root, chopped (can leave peel on)
• ½ tablespoon organic turmeric
• 2 teaspoons organic white pepper, ground
• 10 cups purified OR distilled water
• 2 tablespoons pink Himalayan salt OR sea salt, ground
• 1 tablespoon organic unfiltered apple cider vinegar
• 1 dropperful plain liquid stevia
• 2 drops thyme essential oil
• 2 drops oregano essential oil

Instructions

• Place the tomato paste, chopped onions, carrots, celery, garlic, mushrooms, bay leaves, parsley, ginger, turmeric, and white pepper in a large pot over low heat. Stir to combine.
• Pour water over the vegetable mixture.
• In a small bowl, combine the sea salt, essential oils, apple cider vinegar, and stevia. Mix well and add to the soup pot. For best results, simmer for at least 1 hour and up to 2 hours.
• Scoop the vegetables and herbs out of the broth. If you want a smoother broth, filter it through a fine-mesh strainer.
• Freeze the broth in food-grade containers or store it in freezer bags. You can refrigerate the broth for up to 5 days.

Notes

You can add 3 tablespoons of Deluxe Vegetable Soup Blend or Bouquet Garni, which gives you a great addition of herbs and veggies.  If using Bouquet Garni, add it to a reusable tea bag and let it simmer with the other broth ingredients.

Step One: Sauté the Onions and Create a Roux

In a medium saucepan over low heat, sauté the diced onions and butter, dill seeds, and chopped herbs. Add the flour, stirring for 2 minutes. Then, stir in the tomatoes, alternating with the broth.

Add the salt, pepper, and parsley. Raise the heat to medium and bring it to a gentle boil. Reduce the heat and simmer the soup for 15 minutes.

Step Two: Add Essential Oils

Add the essential oils, honey, and coconut milk. Use an immersion blender to mix the soup well. Heat through and serve in bowls. You can eat this soup hot or cold; it tastes great either way! You can save any leftovers for up to four days.

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