Homemade Tomato Soup

[dem in texas]

My favorite lunch is tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich. I used to rely on the old kitchen standby - Campbell's Tomato soup, but in recent years, the taste has changed and not for the better, less tomato taste and way too sweet. The last time I ate it, I vowed that would be my last. One evening last week, I decided to make some tomato soup from scratch. It was a clean out the pantry soup, used canned tomatoes, tomato sauce and tomato paste and chicken stock cubes. For all my improvising, the soup turned out to be very tasty.

The next morning, the newspaper had an article about the hidden sugar content in popular foods and it listed Campbell's tomato soup as having 10 grams of sugar in a half cup, more than most breakfast cereals.

So glad I made my own tomato soup. I took some to my sewing group and everyone liked it a lot. Gave some to my son, he loved it. Plus we ate it twice here at home.

I bought some better tomato ingredients and I 'm going to make another batch soon. Will write the recipe down then.

[Sanity Claws]

1. I made tomato soup yesterday

I loosely followed a recipe that used canned tomatoes, rosemary, and a little orange juice. Much better than canned.

[Galileo126]

2. I was craving tomato soup the other day...

but all I had on hand was (you guessed it) Campbell's. So I passed.

Please post your recipe when you make it next, please! Tomato soup is such a simple comfort food.

[The empressof all]

3. When Fresh are inexpensive and plentiful make from fresh---Here's what I do

I Roast the tomatoes on a large tray with salt pepper and Olive Oil until melty and turning brown on one side. You need to turn them at least once and watch so they don't burn. You can add some onion and garlic to the tray as well.. I usually add the garlic half way through the cooking so as not to burn it--and we like a stronger flavor. If you are using tomatoes of different varieties you want to chop them to be around the same size. You don't need to be too exact...Just roughly. Don't worry about seeds or skins.


After the tomatoes and other veg are roasted I blend them with chicken or veggie stock. My Vitamix warms to soup but you can warm on top of stove. I usually add basil at the end to top and some feta or mozzerella or ricotta fresca. Sometimes I will add a little cream to the soup.

Those bags of little peppers are also great to roast and make into soup with or without tomatoes. You use the same process but I do cut off the top of the peppers and scoop out the seeds prior to roasting. Those are just so frickin good!

[japple]

4. This is my favorite new soup. It's a twist on tomato soup, adding

roasted red pepper, fire-roasted tomatoes, and smoked gouda cheese. I've made it twice already, and am starting to get a real craving for it.

http://peaceloveandlowcarb.com/roasted-red-pepper-tomato-and-smoked-gouda-bisque-low-carb-gluten-free/

The recipe is on an earlier C & B thread.

[Vinca]

5. Here's my favorite from the "Horn of the Moon Cookbook."

http://sevenbumkitchen.blogspot.com/2008/09/creamy-tomato-soup.html

[SheilaT]

6. I use Campbell's Tomato Bisque.

And I make it with milk, not with water. And a grilled cheese sandwich and a bowl of tomato soup is one of the Perfect Meals.