Sunday night I had a special date with the toilet after eating some rotisserie chicken that wasn’t as good as it looked. The process was full body and left me aching and with hardly any voice. Today, Wednesday. I feel a lot better but can still hardly speak. Yesterday (and part of the day before), I stayed home from work. Problem is yesterday I had a craving.
I really wanted Campbell’s cream of tomato soup and I didn’t have any in the apartment. I don’t live with anyone, none of my friends were close by and delivery would cost too much. I wasn’t in the mood to go out to the store. Then I realized I thought I had all the ingredients to make it. I looked up a bunch of recipes and came up with my own version.
Sunrain’s Cream of Tomato Soup
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 6 ounces tomato paste
- 4 cups vegetable broth
- 28 ounces canned diced tomatoes
- Salt, pepper, onion powder to taste
- 1 cup whipping cream
Cook onions in the oil. After a couple of minutes add the garlic. When the onions and garlic are fragrant, add the tomato paste. I know that is a lot of tomato paste, but I was working with what I had and it worked out. I also started to add a little vegetable broth so things wouldn’t burn. Maybe 1/4th cup. After 2-3 minutes I added the rest of the vegetable broth. I also added in the seasonings. I probably did 1/4 teaspoon pepper, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and maybe 3 to 4 tablespoons onion powder because that is the kind of girl I am. I then added the diced canned tomatoes.
At this point I blended everything together with an immersion blender. A couple chunks of tomatoes got missed but I was okay with that. I let the soup heat up more and then finished off by slowly stirring in the whipping cream. It made a lot and tasted great! What I didn’t eat right away I put in souper cubes to freeze and eat later.
Rainy Saturday Creative 