I baked Healthy Banana Bread yesterday, as well as having a go at my first batch of Spicy Tomato Basil Soup, and it's delicious, especially if you eat it with grilled cheese sandwiches. We had plenty of tomatoes lying around about to go to waste. A tad bit overripe.
I look forward to next summer when I have my garden growing, with hopefully plenty of fresh tomatoes and other various vegetables to make/bake into yummy recipes. I'd love to try growing a pumpkin, so next fall I can make pumpkin cheesecake, and fresh chili pumpkin soup.
Here's my take on the very basic recipe.
Spicy Tomato Basil Soup
- 1 medium Onion
- 4/5c fresh tomatoes (roughly around 10 medium sized)
- 2tbsp Olive oil
- 1 clove of garlic
- 2 tsp basil (or more to taste)
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp of sugar (or more to taste)
- 1 vegetable stock cube dissolved in 1 pint of hot water
Yield: 4 bowls
Over low heat, add olive oil, sliced onions and chopped garlic to a medium pot. Try not to burn them, once they start turning colour, add in 4-5 cups of chopped tomatoes, simmer for awhile maybe 15-20 min. Add in vegetable stock, already dissolved, continue to let simmer, maybe 5 min.
Then let it cool down, not right down but not bubbling anymore. Blend in a food processor or a blender. Depending on the size you may able to do it all at once, I only have a small blender, so it took me three go's to have it all blended. Just fill up blender 3/4 full or less if you're worried about messes. Once blended return to the pot, over low heat return to simmering and add spices and and sugar to taste. Serve or let cool down and freeze if you so desire.
Voila
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| Yes this was photographed in my kitchen under horrible fluorescent lighting |
