Tomato Soup
Homemade tomato soup. I know, it's really easy to open a can or a box of soup for dinner, and I do it from time to time, but this is a homemade tomato soup that got rave reviews here.
It's so easy! Throw it all in one pot and cook:
2 cans diced tomatoes
2 cans white beans
1 onion cut up
3 carrots, cut up
3 stalks celery, cut up
4-5 cloves garlic
4 cups chicken broth (vegetable broth is OK too)
1 cut up fresh jalapeno
1 handful of fresh parsley
2 tablespoons dried basil
Cook until the carrots are tender (20-30 minutes or so). Transfer to a blender or Vitamix and blend until completely smooth. Transfer back to the soup pot. Stir in about 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese until melted.
Serve with more grated Parmesan OR (and I recommend this) crumbled blue cheese on top of the soup. A few kids called this "divine" and "delicious" and went back for seconds. Thirds even! The two year old ate it, so that tells you something. I suppose you could make a salad or some bread, but the kids were too busy stuffing their faces with the soup and crackers, I didn't think it was worth the bother.
Go with the blue cheese; it's totally worth it! For an allergen-free option, just omit the cheese. I tasted it before adding any, and it was still very good.
It's so easy! Throw it all in one pot and cook:
2 cans diced tomatoes
2 cans white beans
1 onion cut up
3 carrots, cut up
3 stalks celery, cut up
4-5 cloves garlic
4 cups chicken broth (vegetable broth is OK too)
1 cut up fresh jalapeno
1 handful of fresh parsley
2 tablespoons dried basil
Cook until the carrots are tender (20-30 minutes or so). Transfer to a blender or Vitamix and blend until completely smooth. Transfer back to the soup pot. Stir in about 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese until melted.
Serve with more grated Parmesan OR (and I recommend this) crumbled blue cheese on top of the soup. A few kids called this "divine" and "delicious" and went back for seconds. Thirds even! The two year old ate it, so that tells you something. I suppose you could make a salad or some bread, but the kids were too busy stuffing their faces with the soup and crackers, I didn't think it was worth the bother.
Go with the blue cheese; it's totally worth it! For an allergen-free option, just omit the cheese. I tasted it before adding any, and it was still very good.
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