Recipe File: Super Simple Tomato Basil Soup

I love grilled cheese with tomato soup. Nothing against Campbell’s, but if I’d known it was this easy to make my own, I’d have been making it long ago. Take this recipe for a spin, and let me know what you think!

Ingredients:

4 cloves of garlic, minced

2 tablespoons of olive oil

2 - 14 oz. cans of crushed tomatoes

1 - 14 oz. can of whole tomatoes

2 cups of chicken stock

1 tsp of sugar

salt and pepper to taste (about 1/2 tsp each)

1/4 cup of heavy cream

3 tablespoons of chopped, fresh basil

parmesan cheese

Directions:

Saute garlic in olive oil in a skillet on medium heat for 1 minute. Careful not to burn the garlic!  Add the crushed tomatoes, then add the whole tomatoes one at a time, breaking them up with your fingers while squeezing them into the pan.  Add the juice from the whole tomatoes.  Add chicken stock, salt, pepper and sugar.  Heat the soup on medium at a simmer for 10 minutes.  
To finish, reduce the heat to low and stir in heavy cream and basil.  Serve topped with parmesan cheese or a grilled cheese sandwich.

*recipe adapted from Everyday Occasions by Jenny Steffens