Quick Tomato Alphabet Soup

A lovely tummy warming tomato soup, in no time. From cooking light.

Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium high heat.

Add onion , carrot and celery , saute 4 minutes or until tender.

Add broth , basil , pepper and tomatoes , bring to boil , reduce heat , simmer 15 minutes.

Stir in 1 / 2 cup pasta.

Remove from heat , let stand 5 minutes.

Place half of the tomato mixture in a blender and process until smooth.

Pour pureed soup into a large bowl , repeat procedure with remaining tomato mixture.

Return pureed soup to pan.

Stir in remaining pasta and milk.

Cook over medium high heat 2 minutes or until thoroughly heated , stirring frequently , do not boil.

butter, onion, carrot, celery, vegetable broth, dried basil, black pepper, diced tomatoes, alphabet pasta, 2% low-fat milk