10 Minute Cream of Tomato Soup

10 Minute Cream of Tomato Soup - ButterYum

The outside temperature has taken a dive and I spent most of the day warding off a chill with thoughts of a toasty grilled cheese sandwich and comforting bowl of steamy tomato soup for dinner.  Oh yea, that was going to fix me up!  Of course I didn't realize there was no tomato soup in the pantry.  When dinner time arrived I found diced tomatoes, whole tomatoes, crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato puree, sun dried tomatoes... even ro-tel tomatoes, but not one single can of simple tomato soup.  So I surveyed the ingredients at hand, threw a few things together, and this is what I came up with - an incredibly delicious version which only took about 10 minutes to make.  I hope you'll give it a try.
Enjoy!

ButterYum's Cream of Tomato Soup

Serves 2-4

28 ounce can of San Marzano crushed tomatoes or tomato puree

1 cup milk

1 cup half and half

2 teaspoons dried basil

1 teaspoon dried granulated onion or onion powder (not onion salt)

1/2 teaspoon celery seed (not celery salt)

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon finely ground black pepper

basil oil for garnish

Combine all ingredient together in a medium saucepan and heat; stirring occasionally.  Drizzle with basil oil and serve. 

Note:  for silky smooth soup, puree in blender before serving.