Creamy Tomato Soup & Grilled Cheese

Day 188

I wanted tomato soup but didn't want to have canned soup, so Laura found me a recipe and I made some.

Creamy Tomato Soup & Grilled Cheese

Creamy Tomato Soup

Ingredients

Original recipe here
9 tomatoes, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 carrot, sliced
2 tbsp butter
3 cups vegetable broth
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 cube frozen basil (frozen in ice cube trays)
5 tsp sugar
2 tsp salt
10 whole cloves
Several sprigs of oregano
3 basil leaves
1 1/2 cups coffee cream
Compliments Garlic Cheddar Croutons

Directions

Wash and chop your veggies. I soaked the tomatoes in a water/vinegar solution for 20 minutes.

Tomatoes, carrot and onion

Melt the butter in a stock pot and add the chopped carrots and onions. Cook on medium low heat while you chop the tomatoes and add the tomatoes as you get them chopped.

Sautéing vegetables

Then add the salt, sugar, vinegar, cloves and vegetable broth. Boil for 20 minutes to let flavors meld.

Vegetables boiling

Cool the mixture a bit and remove the cloves,

then blend in batches, adding each batch back to the pot.

Blending tomato soup

Bring to a simmer then turn heat down and stir in the frozen basil and fresh herbs.

Tomato soup, sans cream

Add the cream last and serve.

Creamy tomato soup

Grilled Cheese Sandwiches

Ingredients

Demster's Quinoa bread
Butter
3 slices processed cheese

Grilled cheese

Grilled cheese & soup

Dinner for two

Tomato soup with croutons & grilled cheese

Reviews/Comments

Well, not sure I can ever go back to canned tomato soup after this. Ever had the real deal? Sooo good. I gave it a 10.