Tuesday, November 21, 2017

A Couple of Tomato Soup Recipes for Comfort

There is nothing that says “Comfort Food” like a grilled cheese sandwich and a cup of “Tomato Soup” during the colder seasons of the year.  Today I have two recipes for very similar but different tomato soups.

There are literally hundreds of variations of tomato soup recipes out there.  But I like the ones that use fresh basil the best.  So these both use basil in them.

There are just subtle little differences in these two recipes but it does change the texture and taste.  One uses butter to sauté the onions while the other uses oil.  One use diced tomatoes verses crush tomatoes.  One uses milk as the other calls for half and half.  One adds a little baking soda and the other uses some cream cheese.

So you can see how similar they are in ingredients.  They also have a little different technique as one requires the use of a blender or food processor to puree the diced tomato mixture.  The other because it uses crushed tomatoes, doesn’t require that procedure in its directions.

Now remember these are cold weather tomato soup recipes.  In the season of fresh tomatoes out of someone’s garden, those are a different but just as tasty.  Don’t forget to try them next season too.

I suggest that you find the tomato soup recipe that meets your needs and taste and enjoy it with a good creative grilled cheese soon.

The Wednesday recipe is “Tomato Soup with Fresh Basil” and it’s followed by “Creamy Tuscan Tomato Soup” on Thursday.

Enjoy and “Happy Cooking” until next week.  Don’t forget to share the link of this food blog with family and friends too.  Thanks.

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