400 calorie: Panera Bread Fake out! Creamy Tomato Basil Soup & Citrus Greek Salad

I love me some Panera Bread! It's fresh. It's clean. It's healthy...   

Believe it or not, just ordering a soup and a salad can be more sodium and calories than ordering at a McDrive Thru. For example, my favorite combo at Panera is the Thai Chicken Salad and French Onion Soup... that is... until I started paying attention to my gut. Sure, your lunch will stay under 600 calories, which isn't bad, but the sodium was off the charts- and so was my bloating. The following soup and salad recipe is superdeedooper simple to recreate, low in sodium, around 400 calories, and a pretty damn close replica of Panera Bread's tomato basil soup (minus the asiago croutons and baguette). I dare say that this version is even tastier. The salad's all me: Panera WISHES they had a salad this tasty. 

Creamy Tomato Basil Soup
Serves 4 
15minutes 

1 10oz (big can) crushed tomatos
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 cup Chicken or Vegetable stock - I really, really love this one: Better than Bouillon organic Vegetable Stock Base: it's a little pricey, but it lasts forever and it is DELICIOUS! Just prepare per package directions.
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2tsp onion powder
1/2 small carton (8oz) of heavy whipping cream
1-2 tbsp sea salt
1 tbsp fresh cracked pepper 
5 Fresh basil leaves, chopped or chiffonade 
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese  

In a medium sauce pot, on medium heat, add olive oil and garlic. Saute but do not burn the garlic. BLECH! Add the can of tomatoes, basil, S&P, onion powder and stock. Let that simmer for 5 minutes. Add the cream and the parmesan. Let that simmer for another 3-5 minutes. Do a salt and pepper check before you serve. TASTE TEST! (Please taste your food and alter it to YOUR tastebuds. Not mine) Garnish with extra basil and/or cracked pepper.   

Side Greek Citrus Salad
1 handful Romaine lettuce- washed & chopped 
1 tbsp Feta Cheese
1/4 cup red peppers- chopped
1 Orange, prepared 
1/4 cup Carrots- chopped 
Edamame- 1/4 cup beans
Cracked Pepper
*Peperoncinis and Kalamata Olives are optional- I just didn't have any or I would have TOTALLY included them. Womp!  

Sweet Raspberry Vinaigrette: 

1 tsp Original Mrs. Dash
1 tsp Salt
1 package artificial sweetener 
2 tbsp Olive Oil
3 tbsp seasoned rice wine vinegar
*1 tbsp raspberry preserves- if you don't have this, no big whoop. Omitting this won't ruin a thing. 

Combine everything, toss, add cracked pepper on top. BAM!