Makeover Cream Of Tomato Soup Recipes

Steps:

• In a food processor, combine stewed tomatoes and cream cheese; cover and process until smooth. Set aside. , In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter until crisp-tender; Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Whisk in tomato soup, V8 and tomato paste until blended. Gradually stir in cream cheese mixture, half-and-half and basil. Cook and stir until heated through (do not boil)., In a large bowl, combine the seasoned oyster crackers, oil, dressing mix, garlic powder and dill; toss to coat. Ladle soup into bowls; sprinkle with crackers and cheese.

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy-bottomed pot over medium-low heat. Add the onions and carrots and saute for about 10 minutes, until very tender. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the tomatoes, sugar, tomato paste, basil, chicken stock, salt, and pepper and stir well. Bring the soup to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer, uncovered, for 30 to 40 minutes, until the tomatoes are very tender.
• Add the cream to the soup and process it through a food mill into a bowl, discarding only the dry pulp that's left. Reheat the soup over low heat just until hot and serve with julienned basil leaves and/or croutons.

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, over medium heat, saute onions in butter until translucent. Remove from the heat. Stir in the flour so that no lumps remain, then slowly whisk in the tomato juice. Return to the heat and add salt to taste. Cook until just boiling but turn off the heat before it boils. Let cool 10 minutes then slowly stir in milk. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Simmer diced tomatoes in juice in a saucepan over low heat until hot, 7 to 10 minutes. Add baking soda and let the mixture foam. Stir tomato soup, parsley, sugar, margarine, chicken base, and white pepper into the tomato mixture; cook until hot, about 5 minutes. Pour milk into tomato mixture and stir; cook until hot, about 5 minutes.

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon each butter and oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the celery, carrot, onion and garlic and cook, stirring, until the vegetables are lightly browned and soft, 7 to 8 minutes. Add the paprika and red pepper flakes. Sprinkle with salt and a few grinds of pepper.
• Pour the wine over the vegetables and simmer until the wine evaporates, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in the marinara and chicken stock. Bring to a boil and then simmer over low heat until all the vegetables are very soft, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat a large nonstick skillet with remaining tablespoons butter and oil over medium high. Place a slice of bread in the skillet and sprinkle the cheese on it. Place the remaining slice of bread on top of the cheese and press down with a spatula. Cook, flipping halfway through, until the cheese melts and both slices of the bread are crispy and golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Cut the cheesy bread into bite-size pieces. Set aside.
• Puree the soup with an immersion blender until completely smooth. Ladle the soup into 4 deep bowls, top with the cheesy croutons and sprinkle with the basil.

Steps:

• Combine tomatoes, chicken broth, butter, sugar or Splenda, and onion.
• Simmer for an hour.
• Heat the cream well in a double boiler--be certain it's well-heated before you add it to the soup or it will curdle, ruining the appearance of the soup, but not the flavor.
• As the cream is heating, add the baking soda to the soup.
• Add hot cream to soup and serve.

Steps:

• In a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat.
• Add flour and salt, blending well.
• Slowly add milk, stirring constantly.
• Cook until mixture boils and thickens.
• Set aside Press tomatoes through a sieve or blend until smooth.
• In a soup pot, combine remaining ingredients and bring to a boil.
• Lower heat and simmer 10 minutes.
• Pour white sauce into soup, stirring constantly.
• Heat thoroughly before serving.