tomato soup

[homerbart]

Anybody have a nice recipe for homemade tomato soup. I am going to try and lose weight after Christmas and I like tomato soup but know nothing is good for you out of a tin - anyway it is so artificially coloured -

[milliezoe]

I have one of Delias which is Tomato Apple and Celery takes about two hours to make but is delicious would you like it ? I make all my soups at home you cannot beat them

[warpig3]

Heres mine (or rather a variation of it as it changes every time)

Add two large carrots, cubed, to 3/4 litres of veg stock, cook until tender. Add one tin of tomatoes and any herbs or spices you fancy, basil is excellent with tomatoes or perhaps paprika or cayenne to spice it up a little in the winter months. Blitz with blender and add a dash of cream just before serving.

I know its not totally what you are looking for what with the tinned toms and cream but you can substitute these with some milk and fresh toms skinned.

[Clanad]

Unfortunately (at least for dieters) many of the good tomato soup recipes have heavy cream as a constituent. However, here's an acceptable recipe that we do quite often in the winter months:

Tomato Basil Soup
1/2 cup onions, chopped
1 T garlic, minced or pressed
2 T olive oil
5 - 28oz. cans tomatoes, plus their juice
2/3 cup pur�ed basil (fresh, of course)
2 tsp. sugar
1 tblspoon fresh ground black pepper (more or less to taste)
Several pinches of Kosher Salt to taste
1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper
2 T red wine vinegar
1/2 tsp. dry mustard powder
1 cup grated parmesan cheese (Optional)
4 C vegetable stock (we also use chicken broth or stock)

In bottom of a heavy stock pot, saut� garlic and onion in olive oil for about five minutes or until soft. Add all other ingredients except Parmesan and bring to a simmer. Continue simmering for about 20 minutes.

Remove 2 cups of hot soup and whisk the cheese into it. Return the soup and cheese mixture to the stock pot. Adjust seasonings and serve. Garnish with a basil leave if desired.

In the fall when our tomatos are ripe, we substitute fresh tomatos for the canned variety and then home can 10 or so pints for the winter. Tomato based dishes are easy and safe to home can due to the high acidic content.

Enjoy!

[LoftyLottie]

Actually, although I agree that homemade soups are generally yummy, I think homemade tomato soup can be very disappointing as you can't often buy the varieties of tomatoes with the best taste for cooking.

You will find that a lot of top chefs use canned tomatoes in their cooking because they give the best taste (and the same goodness)

You are wrong in thinking nothing out of a tin is good for you. Canning preserves food well and the goodness of the food still remains. Heinz (and other good makes) of tomato soup do not contain colouring or preservatives and Heinz tomato soup contains 84% tomotoes.

I don't work for Heinz by the way.

[sleepyj]

i have a lovely weight watchers on i will put on here for you when i find it its yum

[homerbart]

thanks everybody for all your help. I will certainly try out a few of them

[homerbart]

sorry gravitate -yours will the be one I wont try eurgh

[homerbart]

sorry again gravitate - dont know if you were serious but if you are you need to cook better for yourself cos you need more vitamins than that.

I will be using the ingredients of fresh vegetables, tomatoes seasoning and bit of herbs. but thanks for contribution

[warpig3]

HI homerbart, its difficult to know when gravitate is being serious! Mind you, perhaps we should ask for a recipe for sieved baked beans and see what he suggests then?