This week I'm trying to burn through the cupboards and skipped the grocery run for the weekend. So night #1 I wanted to use the cans of diced tomatoes and vegetable broth I had and thought, surely there is an easy recipe for tomato soup out there that I could combine with some grilled cheese to get that Campbell's taste I'm accustomed to. Well I googled and searched two of my own recipe books, and did not like any of the five I came across. But I felt like I got a good enough feel for the process that I could wing it- so I did- and it turned out amazing. I didn't measure everything, just tossed in a little at a time so I will try and estimate here on amounts. I did a hybrid of methods here with our BlendTec blender, but I'm sure the final steps can be done as most recipes recommend with an immersion blender.
Tomato Soup
2 cans 14oz diced tomatoes (Italian Style with seasoning)
1 can vegetable broth
1 stalk of celery sliced
1/2 of yellow onion diced
~2 teaspoons minced garlic
~1 teaspoon dried basil
~1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
~1/2 teaspoon sugar
~4 oz Half&Half
~3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
In saucepan, bring to boil all ingredients but the half&half and cheese. Keep on a low boil/simmer for ~12 minutes until celery and onion are tender. I poured ~ 3/4 of the soup into our blender and added half&half as well as cheese, then used the 'Soup' button which runs for 90 seconds (this step essentially purees). I placed that portion in my serving dish and then put the remaining 1/4 of the soup in the blender with a little more cheese and 'pulsed' only a few times to leave some of the veggies in bits and not completely pureed. Add to the rest of the soup and stir.
Served with grilled cheddar cheese sandwiches!
This looks like a pretty good recipe, Lynds! I especially like the cheese at the end. I made scratch tomato soup earlier this year and it was good but we both thought it tasted too much like marinara sauce the first night (more like tomato soup a few days later as leftovers). I'm looking forward to trying your variation!
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