Tomato Basil Soup

-




 Here is another Garden Fresh recipe because well we have a lot of garden veggies to use up! I love tomato soup and am usually the only one in the house who wants to eat it. However, this soup recipe has so much flavour to it that the whole family enjoyed it. It was pretty priceless to see the look on my oldest sons face when he took his last bite of soup talking about how good it was because it didn't have onion... To tell him that there was onion in it! He was SHOCKED! Hopefully that brings us one step closer to the end of onion picking out of his food as his favouite place to put the pieces of onion is on the table. Photo evidence of onion in the soup below!!!

                    

Now that we are getting to the end of summer and closer to the "start" of the school year (whatever that might look like). I am feeling more motivated to cook in large quantities to start to fill some space in the freezer. Then usually by late fall my husband makes us eat a lot of the fill as he needs the space for the moose and deer meat and honestly I've really enjoyed this process so hopefully we can keep it up. This soup freezes really well and is definitely one to enjoy on a cool fall day or even a cold winter day. One thing I really love about this recipe is how simple it is. The boys love to help in the kitchen so right now I will get everything chopped up and then have them help me add things to the pot or bowl depending on what we're making. They take a lot of pride in helping in the kitchen and I hope that is a skills and trait that they keep. 

Ingredients:

3 medium carrots

2 TBSP Butter

5 Cloves minced Garlic

1 Onion

4 cups chicken broth

1 cup water

3 cups tomatoes diced 

1/4 cup fresh basil finely chopped

1/4 cup fresh parsley finely chopped

1 - 2 tsp Lemon juice 

Salt and Pepper to taste

Croutons and Parmesan cheese to garnish

Directions:

1. Melt butter in pot and then add garlic, carrots and onion until onion is translucent. 

2. Add chicken broth and water and simmer for 20 minutes

3. Add tomatoes and simmer for an additional 10 minutes

4. Remove from heat and blend until smooth. Add basil, parsley and salt and pepper. If it tastes like it is missing something add some lemon juice!

5. You can top it with some Parmesan cheese and croutons and you're ready to enjoy!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Black bean Sweet Potato Quesadillas

-
Image
Sorry for the lack of posting but with the end of the school year near and a kindergartener learning online at home we have been a little busy over here!  This was not a typical mean for us as it was meatless but we’ve been trying to mix up our meal plans with a meatless meal once a week. This was a delicious sweet potato and black bean quesadilla. Lots of flavours and so filling!  We have been trying to incorporate one meatless meal a week which has been fun and challenging. It has really forced me to think out of the box with different meal ideas and this one was just too good not to share. It is kid friendly which is very important in our house.  I also really liked this meal as I was able to bake the sweet potato a head of time and then have everything ready for when it was time to make dinner. It was really easy and a lot of fun to make them together.  Ingredients: 1 sweet potato 1 tbsp busters BBQ rub  I can black beans or kidney beans drained and rinsed...
Read more

Fresh Tomato Marinara/Pizza Sauce

-
Image
 We LOVE pizza in this house and any way to add extra flavour to make it better I am all over that. We had an abundance of tomatoes come off our tomato plants this year and were needing to come up with more ways as to how to use them. I was able to make soup and pasta sauce and then thought that this pizza sauce would be another great option as we eat pizza pretty regularly. I also froze a lot of tomatoes as it was hard to keep up with them all turning red at the same time. Frozen tomatoes work well with this sauce as well as they are getting cooked down anyway.  This sauce is a runnier sauce as I'm not a fan of a super thick pizza sauce and love how it adds just a touch of flavour to the pizza. If you are wanting it to thicken more, add some tomato paste to help it thicken.  Ingredients: 16 cups chopped tomatoes (Garden fresh add a lot more flavour) 1 onion 1-2 full heads of Garlic (I LOVE garlic so I tend to add more) 2 TBSP Olive Oil  2 TBSP Italian seasoning 1 TB...
Read more

Banana Cinnamon Muffins

-
Image
These muffins have been a hit in our house for a couple of years now. My one son (who we call the muffin man) asks for them all the time. I love this recipe too because it is so versatile. I have made them plain, added a cinnamon sugar topping, added chocolate chips and even raspberries or blueberries. My favourite is adding a blueberry raspberry mixture. My children obviously love the chocolate chips or cinnamon sugar topping.  I honestly love how easy and versatile this recipe is. It seems to taste delicious no matter what I add to it. I also love that it can be made in one bowl and I have less dishes to do in the end. BUT my absolute favourite part about this recipe is how easy it is to make with my boys. They both love to help out in the kitchen and this is a simple enough recipe for them to help out with.  INGREDIENTS: - 2/3 cup sugar - 1/2 cup vegetable or canola oil - 2 large eggs - 2 bananas mashed - 1 tsp vanilla - 1 2/3 cups flour - 1 tsp baking soda - 1 tsp cinnamon...
Read more