A.K.A. CIROOG soup. "Crap. I ran out of groceries."

Someday, I'm going to try to come up with a good LC mulligatawny soup. In the meantime, I've run out of groceries and came up with this:

2 Tbsp butter (I used clarified butter) or chicken fat, if you're using homemade broth
2 Tbsp chopped onion
1/4 sweet red pepper, diced
1 heaping Tbsp curry powder, or to taste
(optional: I upped the stakes with a pinch of cayenne pepper)
1/4 can each tomato paste and diced tomatoes (smaller sized cans for both)
1 cup chicken broth
1/4 cup half and half (you could use heavier cream, but that's all I have.)

Melt butter in a sauce pan. Add onion and pepper, cook until onions are translucent. Add curry powder, cook until the whole neighborhood smells like curry. Add tomatoes, paste and chicken broth. Bring to a boil, simmer for 10 minutes. Add cream, reheat if necessary.

Mmmmm.

Makes two servings.

Per serving:

18 g fat
12 g carbs - 3 g fiber = 9 effective carbs
6 g protein

566 g potassium, 45% of your Vit A and 73% Vit C.

Remember, I used half n half, so you could easily lower the carb count by using a smaller amount of whipping cream. You could also boost the protein count with some chicken.