Old Fashioned Tomato Soup Food

OLD-FASHIONED CREAM OF TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine chicken broth, onion, green pepper, celery, garlic and black pepper. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered,about 6 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.
• Add the undrained stewed tomatoes or cut-up tomatoes, condensed tomato soup and sugar.
• Bring the mixture to boiling; reduce the heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 20 minutes.
• Stir in the half-and-half or cream, milk and butter or margarine. Heat through. Makes 4 or 5 side-dish servings.

OLD FASHIONED TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring tomatoes to a boil. Add baking soda, garlic salt, pepper and salt if desired. Reduce heat; add the milk and butter. Heat through but do not boil. Garnish with parsley if desired.

TOMATO RICE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion, celery, and carrot; cook and stir vegetables until they begin to soften, approximately 2 to 3 minutes. Add rice and cook, stirring until rice is evenly coated in oil, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in undrained tomatoes, chicken broth, and salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Rinse the scallops, and if large cut scallops in half. Stir the scallops into soup, and cover. Continue to simmer until the rice is tender and the scallops are opaque, approximately 5 to 10 minutes.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir in the basil, and serve.

OLD-FASHIONED POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the onion; cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes.
• While the onions are cooking, place the diced potatoes, carrots, water and chicken soup base (or vegetable base; see Cook's Note) in another pot and bring to a boil. Cook until vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Do not overcook. Season with ground black pepper to taste.
• Add the flour to the cooked onions to make a paste. Cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Gradually add the milk and stir well. Cook over low heat stirring constantly until warmed through. Add the potato and carrot mixture. Stir in the parsley and thyme and heat through. Serve hot.

OLD FASHIONED TOMATO SOUP CAKE

Steps:

• Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.
• cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
• sift together flour and all spices with baking soda in separate bowl.
• Add tomato soup to creamed butter mixture - rinse can with small amount of water. Gradually add in dry ingredients. Stir in raisins. I remember her baking these in greased loaf pans. She doesn't list a specific time for doneness but notes that top should be well done and toothpick should come out clean.

GRANDMA'S OLD FASHIONED CREAMY TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• Place tomatoes and juice in a stockpot over medium heat.
• Simmer for 30 minutes.
• Puree the tomato mixture at this point if you don't want it chunky. I usually puree part but still leave a fair amount of chunks.
• Place the pot over medium heat and stir in the heavy cream and butter. Season with salt and pepper.
• Heat, stirring until butter is melted. Do NOT boil.
• Serve with croutons or stir-ins of your choice.

OLD-FASHIONED CREAM OF TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the first six ingredients. Cover and simmer for 1 hour. , In the top of a double boiler or metal bowl, heat cream over simmering water; add to tomato mixture just before serving.