homemade tomatoe soup

My homemade tomotoe soup is based on a couple of other recipes.

In one sauce pan,  I boiled a medium onion and two cloves of garlic in 2 cups of chicken broth. I blended this and added a 6 oz. can of tomatoe paste.

In another and larger sauce pan, a simmered a 28 oz can of tomatoes in juice. This too was ground up in the blender.

I mixed both pans and simmered them some more. About 10 minutes before serving this soup, I added 1 cup of Half and Half. This was a fine soup!

The next time I made this, I will put the onion, garlic, tomatoe and tomatoe paste together in one pan and stew it there. Mayhap I will buy an immersion blender?

Next time, I will also add sausage (not hot dogs) to this soup and serve it with oyster crackers.

14 April 2016

***********_____Breakfast: corned beef hash, 2 eggs and coffee
                Snack: piece of bread with peanut butter and grape jelly and a cup of coffee
________Lunch: Home made tomatoe soup with 2 hot dogs and a big peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich.
  _______Dinner:  At Casey's Cowtown for the Annual Lions Dinner and had:

• salad
• grilled chicken
• baked potatoe with butter, sour creamme and white gravy
• corn
• roll with butter and grape jelly and
• glass of water...

Pre-Bed Snack:




AM:  73  PM  229








I decided to try making home made tomatoe soup. Part of this calls for boiling and then simmering onion and garlic in chicken broth. I bought a quart of "organic" chicken broth at the 14th Street Dillions yesterday. This morning, I took the cap off and found...


...the foil protective cap was punched in by someone!




This means I cannot use this as I know the puncher's finger was dirty and I don't know how long this box of chicken broth was festering on the shelf. Next time, I will have a manager take the cap off so I can see if I've been cheated.




The customer services person was horrified and offered to refund me. I got another box of the chicken  broth and it had been opened to. I got a full refund and Dillions is looking into this.

13 April 2016

_____Breakfast: corned beef hash and 2 eggs plus coffee
________Lunch:  at the DCCC mess hall for sausage, potatoes, salad, desert and DP _______Dinner:  Healthy Choice chicken, mashed potatoes, corn and apple desert and water

12 April 2016

_____Breakfast: left over steak and left over baked potatoe and milk toast plus coffee
________Lunch:  We went to Kates. My hamburger and fries were great, the service was great and this was a much better experience that the first two times we went. I plan on going back... _______Dinner:  Healthy Choice meatloaf dinner and cold water Pre-Bed Snack: none


AM:  68  PM:  193