Never eat Campbell's again!!!

   Tomato Soup made from scratch:

Ingredients: 

-4/5 tomatoes, quartered

-5 cloves of peeled garlic

-2 white onions peeled and quartered

-1/4 cup of olive oil

-salt and pepper

-2 cups veggie broth

-2 tablespoons of brown sugar

-1 teaspoon of lemon juice

-wheat bread loaf 

To make croutons:

 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Cut bread loaf into inch pieces and put into a large bowl.

3. Drizzle olive oil, a heaping pinch of salt and pepper, and mix by turning with a spatula. 

4. Put the cubes onto a baking sheet and bake for 20-25 minutes, turning with a spatula about every 8  minutes. 

 

To make soup: 

 

1. Crank up the oven to 450. 

2. Put quartered tomatoes, onions, and whole cloves of garlic onto a baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and generously season with salt and pepper (don't be scared!) 

3. Put into the oven to caramelize for 30 minutes. 

4. Get a nice Dutch oven or large pot out and put in veggie broth and roasted tomato/onion/garlic mix. 

5. Bring to a boil and simmer for about 10 minutes. 

6. Next is the messy part (or at least at my house)! Transfer the soup into a mixer, only small batches at a time, and blend to your desired consistency! (Tip: I always have out another small pot to put the blended soup in while I blend the other batches) 

7. Once all that tomatoey goodness is in the Dutch oven again, add in the secret ingredients: brown sugar and lemon juice, and any extra salt and pepper to taste! 

8. Garnish with those toasty homemade croutons and a grilled cheese sandwich!! YUMMY!! 

xxxx's- A