Temperatures and leaves both start to drop, days are shorter and nights cooler. All of these are the first signs that Summer is over and it's time for a new season, but for me the arrival of Autumn and Fall is all also the welcoming start of Soup Season. Don't get me wrong there are the occasional times in the Summer when I will want a bowl of soup but they are generally light soups saved for cooler days. Autumn however, marks the start of piping hot bowls of really comforting, homemade soup that will warm you up and satisfy you in an instant.
Tomato
Soup may seem more of a Summer Soup but for me it really is a
year-round soup to enjoy. When I was pregnant with my son and finally
over my morning (or rather 'all-day' sickness!) Tomato Soup with
Cheese Toasties was my staple lunch and I don't know where I would
have been without it! In the height of Summer when tomatoes are in
abundance I love to use fresh vine-ripened tomatoes such as in my
Fresh Tomato Soup recipe, but for the rest of the year it has to be
tinned tomatoes. This recipe was taken from the book Pretty Delicious
by Candice Kumai (read my review of the book here) and as far
as I am concerned is the most fantastic Tomato Soup ever. I make it
all the time because not only does it taste fabulous, but it takes no
time to make at all and despite it being a 'creamy' tomato soup,
there is actually no cream in it so it's healthy too!
I
changed a few things in the recipe to suit our tastes but the core of
the recipe is courtesy of Candice Kumai. If you like Tomato Soup, try
this and I promise you will never buy tinned tomato soup again!
