Tomato and Cream soup

garden fresh roma tomatoes, about a dozen (peels removed, frozen fine)
1 quart chicken broth
1 minced onion
2 tsp "justice" from penzeys
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp basil
2 bay leaves
1/2 cup cream
salt

boil tomatoes in broth. Puree in blender on low so there are still a few little chunks. Add spices and bay leaf, boil for 15 minutes. remove bay leaves, add cream. Then add salt to taste (a couple tsps at least?)

Serve with jalopeno cheese bread or cheese toast or breadsticks.

Red Enchilada Sauce

http://www.budgetbytes.com/2012/08/red-enchilada-sauce/

This was a success! It worked well with gluten free flour too, I used the trader joes blend. It took more like 10 minutes. Also, I used coconut oil and it worked well.

Roasted Tomato Basil Soup

Roasted Tomato Basil Soup
http://www.ahintofhoney.com/2011/07/roasted-tomato-basil-soup.html

Finally, a tomato soup I love! This was SO tasty. It is very important to use garden fresh tomatoes, and roast them with garlic. I think that's why it was so good. I pureed it with an immersion blender but left it a little chunky for texture. This is great with grilled cheese sandwiches or garlic breadsticks.

I used coarse sea salt as the seasoning for roasting, but put on a bit too much. I forgot that it would all end up in the soup! So be careful how much salt you put on. A teaspoon or so is probably fine and you can add more salt later if needed. Also, I used prechopped fresh basil that comes in a plastic tube since getting fresh basil (that is a good price) is hard. It turned out great.

Super Fast Taco Soup

This the way my mother-in-law makes taco soup:

1 can chili

1 can diced tomatoes

1 can kidney beans

1 can corn

Mix and heat in a pot on the stove. Don't drain the corn or tomatoes (seriously, who drains tomatoes though?), just put it all in. I think she might not drain the beans either, but I do. I'm not entirely sure if it helps decrease gas, but it might.

Also, the kidney beans are not essential. The chili IS.

Serve with chips, cheese, and sour cream if desired.

This is a super fast meal. Hence, the title has super fast in it. I dubbed it so. Anyway, this soup tastes great!

11/29/2011:
DH wants this to be more spicy. Next time add cumin and chili powder and see if it is better.

Creamy Tomato Basil Soup

http://grandmasrolls.blogspot.com/2010/10/creamy-tomato-basil-soup.html (thanks Lib!)

Changes--

I used fresh roma tomatoes, probably 10-15 of them. It was a big bag, a few pounds. Also, I cut the cream in half and used only one cup, which was plenty. And I added salt--1/2 to 1 tsp and dried basil at the end. Finally, I used my hand blender to blend it all up (leaving it semi-chunky).

This was tasty soup. It goes great with a roll or breadstick (we had crescent rolls). Next time I will add basil in the beginning so the flavor is distributed better.

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this was too sweet. Too creamy..it made me feel not so great. Alas. The leftovers weren't really eaten.

Stir-Fried Egg and Tomato

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Stir-Fried-Egg-and-Tomato-352835

This was good. It would be better with garden fresh sweet tomatoes.