For these winter months a nice, warm soup is always good but can be time consuming. Those are the days that I end up making this simple tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich for our dinner. It shouldn't take more than half an hour, and even less time if you have an immersion blender. It also only uses one pan, which means less washing up.
Ingredients:
Onion
Garlic
Ground Turkey
Tomatoes
Chicken broth
Spices to taste
Dash of cream
Start by browning up ground meat (I use turkey) in a
heavy pot. Turkey meat is great because it isn't too greasy like ground beef tends to be. Remove that and place in a bowl set aside.
Roughly chop an onion a couple cloves of garlic and add it to the pot you browned the meat in, then let them get just a bit browned as well. This will be a creamy soup so no need to cut them too small. Chop your tomatoes in half and add them to the pot. I usually use a couple pounds at a time but this can easily be scaled up or down as needed. Then you add chicken broth or stock just until the tomatoes are almost covered. Toss in whatever spices you like.. salt, pepper, oregano, basil are all good.
Let your tomatoes simmer for about 10 minutes. They should be quite mushy at this point. Use an immersion blender to make it smooth. A regular blender works as well if you don't have an immersion blender, but for around $30 an immersion is a great time saving investment! At the last minute when it is almost complete I like to toss in some fresh parsley, and a bit of fresh basil if I have it on hand and blend one last time. It gives it a nice bright flavor.
At this point, you are basically done. You stir in the turkey meat you set aside and let it come back up to temp, and add a dash of cream if you want to give it a richer flavor.
