Cold weather inspires comfort food. Given that my poorly adapted Portland body has been heading to work in 40 degree weather, comforting meals have been calling me.
Behold the classic soup and sammie combo:
Tomato soup with a panini-pressed sandwich. The sandwich is on Dave’s bread with one side smeared with a garlicky bean spread and the other with kalamata olive Tofutti cream cheese, with grilled eggplant and zucchini in the middle (from Trader Joe’s).
Here is my soup dilemma- I like really creamy tomato soup and haven’t been able to make it really creamy and not resembling the flavor and consistency of tomato sauce. Recipes/ideas/help?
My ladies like to assist in the dinnertime routine.
Always proper, Bindhi coaches me on my table etiquette.
Josie supervises in a DOT foreman kind of way- gazing out the window and ignoring me, but everything must pass her smell test.
Love the kitties and the sandwich! About the soup – check out this video (just use veggie stock instead of chicken).
http://cooksillustrated.com/video/default.asp?docid=17095&parentdocid=16872&newVideo=y I haven’t tried it yet but it sure looks good.
what about blended cashews for the soup?! soup + sandwich = love
Oh, I have a recipe for a good cream of tomato soup! I’ll have to go and find the book in which it is (yeah, I moved well over a year ago, but it so happens that my books are the one thing that hasn’t been completely unpacked yet…). I’ll get back to you!
Yay! My hero!
Cute kitties! Love those paws! And you can’t go wrong with tomato soup and a sandwich combo!
What recipe did you use for that tomato soup?! It looks fabulous, and I have not found a good tomato soup recipe that I like since giving up corn syrup and all the other nasty stuff in prepared kinds.
Has Portland turned you into a wimp?! You are from MN! Come on–40 degrees is nothing 🙂
Courtney
Living in Arizona for 2 years has turned me into a wimp! I’m always cold. it doesn’t help that it’s a wet cold, you never feel warm. Blah.
I based it off a recipe of the Glen Muir website, as I used their roasted tomatoes. It was missing the sweetness and consistency, though and was more like a light colored tomato sauce.
Awesome looking sandwich!
Please let me know if you didn’t get my recipe. I’m hoping you did – such an important cause.
Yep, I just shot you an email, too.
I would recommend blended cashews too. They make everything creamy and a bit sweet too (but just a bit!). Edgar will know what to do.
I would like to hang out with those ladies too! Very cute!
I got this recipe from the Food Network, but I like it a lot. It’s a roasted tomato soup. I guess you could add cream.
8 Roma tomatoes
2 Red peppers
1 onion
8 cloves garlic
2t chopped tyme
2T olive oil
2T balsamic vinegar
6 oz. tomato paste
6 cups stock
Quarter and seed tomatoes and peppers.
Combine with quartered onion and garlic.
Toss with 1T oil, tyme, and the vinegar.
Spread on to cookie sheet and roast for about 45 to 55 min. at 400 degrees.
Combine 1T oil and tomato paste in large pan.
Add roasted tomato mixture and stock to pan.
Puree soup in batches, in a blender.
Mmm… thanks for the recipe, this looks really great! I like the addition of the peppers.