15 Reviews of Tomato Florentine Rice Soup

From: newspapergal

On Jan 9, 2005

This is a great, healthy soup. I used brown rice and halved the recipe easily. DH, who isn't a big tomato soup fan, liked it and praised the 'thicker' consistency. I thought it had cooked down a bit too much and did add about a 1/4 cup more of broth when I added the rice. I served with Ham & Cheddar Crescents #73011 and celery sticks. Thanks for an easy, yummy, healthy soup!!!

From: KeyWee

On Oct 29, 2003

I was looking for a lowfat soup to take to work for lunch. This fit the bill! Because I thought the tomato juice and chicken broth contained enough salt, I didn't add the sea salt. Also, I used a 10-ounce bag of fresh spinach instead of frozen, and I added about a cup of my fresh garden tomatoes - yum! Thanks, CL!

From: Chef #48136

On May 8, 2003

This soup is absolutely delicious! Although it takes a while to make, it's very easy and doesn't require much attention. The flavour is amazing! I will definitely be making this again. Due to a typo (that has now been corrected) in the recipe I used too little tomato juice, but it still turned out great (probably a bit thicker than it should have been). The only other change I made was to use brown rice for more nutrition. Highly recommended.

From: mickie49

On Jan 22, 2005

Never having had the original, I wasn't sure what to expect, but it's great. I cut the recipe in half for the 2 of us, other than that I followed the recipe exactly. DH said less spinach, but I thought it was perfect as is! Thank you!

From: Shels

On May 16, 2005

I just finished eating a bowl of this soup for lunch, having made it this weekend. While it doesn't taste like Tim Horton's to me, it is still very good! I didn't have white pepper, so I used black and found 2tsp to be a bit too much so I'll probably scale that back next time (is there a difference between white and black pepper?) Overall though, this was great!

From: Ginny Sue

On Jul 3, 2006

I've never been to Tim Horton's, so I don't know if this tastes like the original. What I do know it that this is a great soup! I made a half recipe of this, which made about 4 first-course servings. The white pepper adds a nice little kick. I used vegetarian broth instead of chicken broth to make this a vegetarian soup.

From: Tasty Tidbits

On Aug 23, 2005

This was excellent. I've never had the original so I can't speak for how it compares for that, but we really enjoyed this. I was able to cut the recipe in half quite successfully. Thanks for a great recipe!

From: Salesgirl

On Oct 28, 2006

Nice, warming soup. The amount of white pepper indicated seemed way too much but it was nice. Warning: this is a very spicy soup.

From: Quiltingqueen

On Sep 3, 2008

This didn't turn out very well at all for me. It may have been my own fault since I used low-sodium V8...which is vegetable juice-- not tomato juice-- and that probably affected the flavor. I followed everything else exactly but it tasted awful...it was WAY too peppery for me and the other spices weren't working for me either. My suggestion is to start with 1/4 tsp of white pepper, taste it and add more if you want it spicier. Maybe without the pepper overpowering it the other spices might be good. I ended up adding half and half to tame it down a bit...and then I could see the potential for this to be good so I will try again with tomato juice and less pepper next time!

From: TheDancingCook

On Aug 19, 2007

Great soup...made this for dinner on a damp, rainy day along side of BLT sandwiches. I cooked step #1 for 70 minutes. I used a 46 oz container of tomato juice and substituted the other 18 oz with vegetable cocktail juice....added a bit more of the veggie juice in step #3...to thin the broth a bit. Used 3 cups of water and 3 tsp chicken boullion, because I didn't have any canned chicken broth on hand. Added only about 6 oz of drained spinach, which was perfect for us. I ommited the salt completely...I too felt that the broth had enough in as is and I'm glad I didn't add it...it was perfect and not under or over salted. Used about 3/4 tsp of white pepper...not spicy at all. Served with some grated parmesan as well. The flavors and herbs blended nicely together; thanks for posting a really tasty soup. I can eat it on my Weight Watchers and it's very healthy and filling that the whole family enjoyed.