D's Herbed Tomato Soup

Name: D's Herbed Tomato Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/2 cup onion (chopped or sliced); 2 tablespoons butter (or margarine); 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can whole canned tomatoes, cut up (or 2 cups fresh); 1 1/2 cups chicken broth; 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce; 1 tablespoon snipped basil (or 1/2 tsp dried basil,crushed); 1 teaspoon snipped thyme (or 1/4 tsp dried thyme, crushed); 1 dash pepper

Submitted by QueenJellyBean

"You can use fresh or canned tomatoes for this soup. It will spoil you and you may rethink canned soup after this!"

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Ready In:: 40mins
Ingredients:: 8
Serves:: 4

ingredients

¹⁄₂ cup onion (chopped or sliced)
2 tablespoons butter (or margarine)
1 (14 1/2 ounce) can whole canned tomatoes, cut up (or 2 cups fresh)
1 ¹⁄₂ cups chicken broth
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 tablespoon snipped basil (or 1/2 tsp dried basil,crushed)
1 teaspoon snipped thyme (or 1/4 tsp dried thyme, crushed)
1 dash pepper

directions

In a large saucepan cook onion in margarine or butter till tender but not brown. Add tomatoes, broth, tomato sauce, basil, thyme and pepper. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Cool slightly. Press mixture through a food mill or place it half at a time in a blender or food processor. Cover and blend until smooth. Return to pan and heat through. If desired, garnish with cheese, sour cream or lemon slices.

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This was very quick to make. I only used 2 teaspoons of butter to saute the onions. I did not bother putting this through a blender. Thank you for posting. Made for *Zaar Cookbooks Tag 2008* game

Charlotte J