Tomato Basil Soup

Here's a special treat.. a recipe of my own creation.. or adapted from a recipe that I improved upon. ;)

This is my go to dinner when I want to make things easy, and it's yet another food that my picky eater really enjoys. It goes great with tomato/basil grilled cheese sandwiches.. and lucky you will get a recipe for that too.

Tomato Basil Soup

Ingredients

3 cans of diced tomatoes

1/2 C heavy cream

1/2 C butter

Julienned basil to taste.. I use a lot

Salt and pepper to taste 

Directions

Throw the diced tomatoes in a blender and puree until smooth. Pour into large soup pot. Add heavy cream, butter, basil, and salt and pepper. Cook until butter is melted and soup is bubbly.

Easy huh?

Tomato Basil Sandwiches

For 1 sandwich:

2 slices of bread

2 or 3 slices of tomato

3 basil leaves, or 2 if they're big

2 slices of mozzarella cheese

butter to spread on bread, or Pam to grease griddle (I prefer butter)

You know how to make a grilled cheese sandwich, right? Just butter 1 side of each  slice of bread, or spray Pam on a hot griddle. Lay bread down with a slice of cheese on each piece, and tomatoes and basil on 1 slice, put the 2 slices together, and cook until cheese is melted. I also add salt and pepper to the tomatoes, your choice of course!

These go great together, or by themselves. Be careful you don't eat the whole pot of soup yourself, there's a lot of calories in that butter and heavy cream. ;)