Reviewed: May 1, 2012

4.5 Not as good as the fresh tomato soup on this site but much faster and one doesn't have to peel and deseed the tomatoes. Used half and half and the immersion blender, yummo!

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Phoebe

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Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Reviewed: Mar. 29, 2012

Fresh tomatoes are not always available where I live. Sometimes I can find canned tomatoes, but usually not the kind I need/want for a recipe. I adapted this recipe using 1 (28 oz) can of tomato puree, 1 (14.5 oz) can of diced tomatoes, and 1 (6 oz) can of tomato paste. I first sauted 1/2 diced onion and approx 3 cloves fresh minced garlic in a little olive oil. Next added all the canned tomatoes and simmered for about 20 mins. Next I added the fresh basil and salt and pepper to taste. Pureed all in a food processor then returned the mixture to the pot. I added the cream but no butter and simmered for an additional 10 mins (till heated). Garnished with fresh basil leaves and served with crusty French baguette slices that I broiled in the oven topped with fresh Parmesan. Delicious!

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Bogota Chef

Reviewed: Feb. 19, 2012

Delicious! As others suggested, I left out the milk and butter and it was still delicious. I also added some dill which added some great flavour.

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Kristen

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Elmira, Ontario, Canada

Living In: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Feb. 18, 2012

I was in the mood for grilled cheese and tomato soup today, and was out of condensed. I halved this recipe since it was only for my daughter and me. I didn't have fresh tomatoes, so a can of the petite diced tomatoes served as the pinch hitter today. Well, guess what? No fresh basil either, so I used the dried stuff (gasp!). I added spices to my liking and used reviewer suggestions to add brown sugar (used 1 tsp since I was halving the recipe). I used a cup of half & half, as well as a couple ounces of cream cheese. Served with a triple cheese grilled cheese sandwich, I felt like a kid again. If only DD would've felt the same way. Lovely recipe; I look forward to trying this with fresh ingredients next time!

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Shannon

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Living In: Aurora, Colorado, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 9, 2012

Delicious! Perfect!

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jen55

Reviewed: Feb. 9, 2012

I've made this twice in the past month. So good! and to think before I tried this I hated tomato soup. Even my roommate who didn't care for tomato soup loved this! I make it as is stirring cheddar cheese in before serving. Thank you Rachel!

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Mysti

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Jan. 28, 2012

I just finished a bowl of this delicious easy soup. I have to admit I'm on the tail end of a very bad cold and left out the cream, since not good for congestion, or my diet. I guess I was reading so many tomato soup recipes that I got confused and sauteed some sweet onions in butter, and then added all the ingredients, except the extra butter and heavy cream. Well my mistake turned out to taste really great. I chopped some garden chives and mixed in too with the garden fresh basil. I did use my food processor and puree with just a few pulses. I'm sure the heavy cream is great...but for those that want to leave it out...still so fresh and delicious tasting.

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*Sherri*

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Moreno Valley, California, USA

Living In: Orlando, Florida, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 27, 2012

We really liked this especially topped with just a little sprinkle of finely shredded cheese. Looked beautiful! I used half and half for the cream as that is what I had on hand. I will be making this again and NEVER buying the canned stuff. I recommend only blending half and leaving the other half a little chunky. Reminds me of progressive chunky tomato soup (that I can no longer find in the store???).

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JLLEBOW

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Medford, Oregon, USA

Living In: Pearl City, Hawaii, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 21, 2012

It was a cold Saturday and tomato soup was requested by the family. I choose this recipe and it was a big hit. I did use spicy V8 and some crused red pepper to add a little zip

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