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A bowl of homemade Tomato Soup

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At the beginning of the New Year I set a few goals, one of those goals was to try to post at least 3 recipes a week.  But, it seems that I am not at point with this goal so far this month and I am hoping to get back on track soon.  I have been trying to catch up on reading for my Dutch lessons, (mindset is really not into this) and helping my husband recover from his Ulcer, thank god he is much better and back at work. 🙂

What a day we were having yesterday, we saw a bit of all 4 seasons in one day.  A little after 2 pm this beautiful sun came out and just kinda made my day. 🙂  I went to the market to pick up a few things, and I found these absolutely beautiful Roma Tomatoes. I knew right away that these were the perfect choice for the tomato soup recipe I had in mind.  

After quickly shopping at the market I returned home to get ready to go meet my brother but something came up so instead he came over later in the day for a cup of coffee. 🙂 We spent a lovely afternoon chatting away about various things that are going on in our lives.  

Once my brother left I started working on the recipe, it turned out better than I expected.  Enjoy!!!

A BOWL OF HOMEMADE TOMATO SOUP

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 Leek finely chopped
  • 1 carrot chopped
  • 1 stick of Celery chopped
  • 1/2 cup of Mushrooms
  • 6 cups Chicken broth
  • 3 fresh Tomatoes
  • 1/3 cup of Olive Oil
  • 1 tablespoon Sugar
  • 1 tablespoon of Tomato Paste optional
  • Bukovo Red Pepper Flakes
  • Salt
  • Pepper

Instructions
 

  • In a large pot add in the olive oil and add the celery, mushrooms, carrot, leek. Stir until crispy.
  • Continue by adding in the chopped tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar, salt and pepper.
  • Add in the chicken broth and boil for about 20 minutes on low heat.
  • Once boiled pour the tomato soup into a blender and pulp. I used a hand blender which I placed into the pot. If you have something similar it is perfect for pulping if not use a strong blender. Place the tomato soup into the pot and reduce heat and boil for 1/2 hour. Top with a bit of cheese and spicy Bukovo 🙂

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Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

26 Comments

  1. Megala
    February 16, 2018 at 2:28 pm  ·  Reply
    Looks so delicious ! Nice to use mushrooms in here !!
  2. Vero and Canito in the kitchen
    February 16, 2018 at 3:09 pm  ·  Reply
    Very nice soup, Sophie! :-) Interesting to use celery and mushroom :-)
  3. Diana Tyler (Eccentric Muse)
    February 16, 2018 at 3:58 pm  ·  Reply
    Delicious soup! I'll admit that I don't like tomato soup much, though. 😁
  4. mistimaan
    February 16, 2018 at 5:01 pm  ·  Reply
    Looks tasty :)
  6. dtills
    February 16, 2018 at 9:17 pm  ·  Reply
    Great minds think alike Sophie! The weather here is terrible (cold, windy and snow in the forecast). I was thinking about making roasted tomato soup, and here you are making tomato soup! This looks great :)
  8. kasiawrites
    February 18, 2018 at 3:25 pm  ·  Reply
    I woundn’t have thought to put mushrooms in tomato soup but hey, why not. Delicious
  9. msw blog
    February 19, 2018 at 3:53 am  ·  Reply
    I would never thought of adding mushrooms to tomato soup...nicely done. You may enjoy these recipes https://reallifeofanmsw.com/2018/01/16/tomato-soups-return-visit/ https://reallifeofanmsw.com/2017/01/20/3771/

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