Tomato Soup Lunch Time Favorite
By
Susan Feliciano
@frenchtutor
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The kids made up the toppings themselves.
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Ingredients
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1/2 cfinely chopped onion
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1/2 cthinly sliced celery
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2 Tbspbutter or olive oil
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14 ozcan chicken broth or water
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14 ozcan stewed or diced tomatoes
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8 ozcan tomato sauce
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1 tspdried thyme or parsley leaves
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2-3 Tbspsugar (optional)
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·salt and pepper to taste
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TOPPINGS
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1/2 cmild picante salsa
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1 cgrated cheese
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6 Tbspsour cream (optional)
How to Make Tomato Soup Lunch Time Favorite
- Heat the chicken broth and stir it in. I recommend heating it first because the onions, celery and butter are VERY hot and you don't want to crack your bowl. Cover and cook 1 minute on high. Stir in the tomatoes and tomato sauce; cover and cook 4 - 5 minutes on high, stirring once or twice. Add the thyme or parsley and sugar, and continue to cook about 2 more minutes, until fragrant.
- At this point, teach your children how to taste and add salt and pepper as needed. Be careful with the salt. Some broth and tomato products are pretty salty! You can control this by using lower sodium or no-salt-added products. I suggest adding salt 1/4 teaspoon at a time; and use several twists of the pepper mill.