Crybaby wrote:The other night we had grilled cheese with bacon and tomato, along with a nice bowl of that fresh tomato soup we like so much. We're both still amazed that we can make homemade tomato soup in 10 minutes that is so darn good. Since we cut the recipe in half, I had Brian pick up some of those mid-size cans of V-8 juice -- they're 11.5 ounce cans and we need 23 oz. for a half batch of soup so it works out perfectly. The only other tomato product in the soup is a 14.5 oz. can of diced tomatoes so I use those fire roasted diced tomatoes. Everything else is a pantry item so we always have them on hand (we consider heavy cream and dry sherry pantry items, BTW). It's sooo good for something that pulls together in an instant. The biggest time user is dicing a half of an onion!
It was a chilly night so a yummy grilled cheese and soup hit the spot!
Sometimes, the most simple; easy prepared meals like tomato soup, and a grilled cheese, are the most rewarding after a hard days work.
Tina loves grilled cheese and tomato. I make them for her, but I peel the skin off the tomato before I slice it, and layer it between the cheese slices. The reason I do that, is so the tomato slices don't come sliding out when the tooth grabs a skin, and burns the chinny chin chin.
We use a lot of onions. I usually chop a couple, then place them in the mini chopper, and pulse it a few times so that the diced onions are the right size. We keep them in the refrigerator in a container.
That way, Tina has them already done. It makes it much easier. Ha Ha You are certainly right. They are a pain to dice, and not only that, it sometimes creates a mess. I'm forever dropping some on the floor.
I usually just look around, and if no one is around or looking, I just flick it with my foot under the toe kick of the counter.
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