Quick Creamy Tomato Soup With Herbs

"This quick soup is a match for gourmet variety. Start to finish is 15 minutes. From the local paper."
 
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Ready In:
15mins
Ingredients:
9
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Heat the olive oil in a 4 1/2 quart Dutch oven or soup pot over medium heat. Peel and finely chop the onion and add it to the pot. Stir and cook for 2 minutes. Meanwhile, open the tomato and sauce cans.
  • Add the garlic, and stir and cook for 30 seconds. Add the tomatoes with their juices and the tomato sauce. Raise the heat to high, and bring the soup to a boil.
  • Reduce the heat to low. Stir in the milk and parmesan cheese. Do not boil the soup after the milk has been added. Stir and cook for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and serve at once. Garnish with croutons and fresh snipped herbs.
  • NOTE: Use the Del Monte brand of diced tomatoes seasoned with basil, garlic and oregano. If you can't find the seasoned tomatoes, add 1/2 teaspoon each dried basil and dried oregano with plain diced tomatoes.

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Reviews

  1. DELICIOUS! Full of flavor and goes well with a grilled cheese sandwich!!! I used only 1/4 cup of milk because my family likes the tomato flavor to be prominent. Prepared as a participant in the January 2009 Soups and Stews Event in the Cooking Photo Forum.
     
  2. SO SO good, I actually just used this recipe as a guideline because I didn't have the canned tomatoes and we're lactose intolerant over here, so instead of milk used lite coconut milk. OH MY WORD. I can't wait to make this over and over again! Here's what I did: 1 28oz can tom. sauce 1/2 onion 3 cloves garlic, cut up 1/2 c coco milk 1/2 tsp pepper 1 1/2 tsp basil 1 tsp oregano Saute and then simmer and then I blended until smooth. Delicious!
     
  3. Boy, I don't know what I did wrong but this was not a keeper for me. It just did not seem to have much flavor.
     
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