Homemade Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese

Tuesday evening, something came over me.  I just did not feel well, I listened to my body (which I am not very good at the majority of time) and went to bed at 6 PM and did not wake up until 6 AM.  After a couple of hours Wednesday morning, I felt like myself, THANK GOODNESS.  Between that and how freezing cold it was on Wednesday, I was craving good ole fashioned grilled cheese and tomato soup.  I Pinterest’d this recipe and went from there.

Because it was super simple, tasted amazing and fairly healthy (the tomato soup portion ;-)), I thought I would share 🙂

All set with the ingredients!!  Time to add the whole tomatoes, onion wedges, chicken broth, dried herbs and salt and pepper to the saucepan.

While the soup was simmering, I got the grilled cheese sandwiches ready.  I used our cutting board to keep everything nice and organized.

I used my Cuisinart Immersion Blender to blend everything into a yummy soup.  We received this Smart Stick about 10 years ago as a gift and it is still going strong!!  Plus, it is so much easier to use than pulling out the gigantic blender!!

Super simple and simply delicious!!

Homemade Tomato Soup

Ingredients

• 1 (28 ounce) can tomatoes (whole peeled)
• 1 1/2 cups of low sodium chicken broth
• 1/2 large onion, cut into large wedges
• 2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper
• 10 slices of bread (I opted for yummy over healthy and used potato bread)
• 20 slices of American cheese, yellow
• approximately 4 tablespoons of butter

Instructions

1. Add tomatoes, onion wedges, chicken broth, salt, pepper, dried thyme and dried basil to a large saucepan.
2. Bring to a simmer.  Cook, uncovered, for about 40 minutes.  Stir occasionally.
3. Once the soup is simmering, using room temperature butter, butter one side of each bread slice.
4. Preheat frying pan to low/medium heat
5. Add 2 slices of yellow American cheese and close sandwiches
6. Place the sandwich on the frying pan and let each side get a nice golden brown, 2-3 minutes, and until the cheese is melted
7. When you are making your last sandwich, blend the soup with the Cuisinart Smart Stick to your desired texture.

Serve and ENJOY!!!!