A deliciously comforting tomato soup to take you back to your childhood...
There's nothing like a bowl of tasty tomato soup to comfort you on a cold day. It floods the house with delicious smells too, as it cooks. If you want to be really indulgent, you can't beat having a toasted cheese sandwich on the side!
I made this so my daughter could enjoy it too, as she is on a gluten
free, lactose free diet (you could make it dairy free too, by using
appropriate 'milk', e.g. rice, oat or nut milk, or and extra 500ml of stock - although we are
avoiding oats for her as well - if you do this and cut out or substitute the honey, you can make it vegan too) - but if you're not restricted in your
diet, there's nothing stopping you from adding a splash of cream at the
end to make it ultra-indulgent!
If you'd rather avoid potatoes, you could substitute sweet potato or squash instead (although maybe don't add any kind of additional sweetener until after you've tasted it for seasoning). As we're a family of four, I do tend to cook in large quantities so we'll enjoy this two days on the trot then freeze the rest in portions - but you don't need to make this much if you don't want to - it's very easy to just make half the quantity.
Yields: approximately 4.5 to 5 litres; 16 servings (approximately two ladlefuls for a serving) - easily halved!
Calories: 101 calories per serving.
