So what did the girls do today? Well, it's now 3:40 p.m. and Amelia is still in her pjs. Yes, you read that right. She refuses to get dressed. Doesn't want to be bothered and you know what? I'm not going to push her. It's too late now anyway. What's the point?
I made yummy soup today! I have had a taste for my Mom's homemade tomato soup so I called her up earlier in the week to get the recipe. I got all the ingredients last night and did some cooking. Anna asked me to post the recipe and since it came out tasty, here you go! No pictures of the soup though because well, I ate most of it! LOL!! I told you I was craving it!
My mom's soup has a chicken soup liquid base so I had to make a pot of her chicken soup first. Amelia and Chris enjoyed that.
Okay, Tomato Soup. You can make it two ways. My mom only makes it in the summertime when fresh tomatoes are a-plenty. She makes it in the winter only if she has prepared and frozen tomatoes but I don't have that so I did it the second way.
With FRESH tomatoes:
(20) plum tomatoes
- chunk up the tomatoes and saute them lightly in butter to soften
- once soft, put them through a fine sieve. Dilute with chicken stock or fresh chicken soup broth
- Bring to boil and then together for 20 minutes or so. Lower the heat and add heavy cream. I used fat free half and half. I added almost a whole pint of half and half. You want a pinky red color. If you use heavy cream, you won't have to use as much, I'm sure of it.
OR - this is the way I made it today.
(1) small can of tomato paste, lightly sauted with chicken stock (or fresh broth) to get the lumps out and add (2) 8 oz cans of PLAIN tomato sauce. Add a bit more stock and boil that together for 10 minutes or so. After 10 minutes, add more chicken stock for the amount of soup you want. I think I ended up with about 6 cups of soup or so.
Simmer the pot of soup for about 20 minutes and then add your half and half or heavy cream.
Make any noodles of your choice (I made baby stars), serve and enjoy!
The tomato paste/sauce combo tasted just like my Mom's fresh tomato version. It hit the spot!
Since posts with no pictures are boring, I'm going to show you the mountain of snow we have in our backyard right now. Sorry for the crappy picture but I took it from the inside, through the bathroom window.
And here's a tree picture from a storm we had earlier this month.
Seriously. I'm tired of the snow. We will be snow covered until June. I'm sure of it!
Enjoy your day!
Jen
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I was just saying earlier today how I'm sick of the cold and snow already...and it's still January! Oh well...February is right around the corner and it's a short month. LOL
ReplyDeleteRead a book. Take a break. You'll get some ambition to sew again. My husband loves tomato soup. Perhaps some day I will make your recipe. We have PJ days often. :) Look at all that snow. We had 4 inches last night. Buddy and Daddy went sledding today while I sewed.
ReplyDeleteIf you don't have any sewing mojo.. maybe you could find some teaching mojo.. what do you think about doing some blog posts to teach us newbie quilters your tricks of the trade? I'd love to hear some of the things that you learned along the way. Maybe that would bring back your mojo along the way.
ReplyDeleteThat is a lot of snow. Amelia sounds like me on Sundays. :o) PJ's really are more comfortable. I hope you get your mojo back soon.
ReplyDeleteHope it stops snowing and the sewing bug returns Jen! The soup sounds very good!
ReplyDeleteYUM! Thanks for the recipe Jen -- it sounds wonderful! I hope you find your sewing mojo soon. Love the snow pictures -- I know you're sick of it, but I'm jealous!!!
ReplyDeleteMaybe the snow has something to do with you losing your sewing mojo. I like to stay in my PJ's on the weekends too.
ReplyDeleteSome days are - well you said it all in that you made soup - if it snows - let them eat soup. Mom's Homemade Tomato that is! I bet someday Amelia will ask you for the recipe ... sweet thought.
ReplyDeleteOh, I've been there - and hate it! Hope your mojo comes back soon. Thanks for sharing the soup recipe - it sounds delish! And good for you letting Amelia have a PJ day! Too fun!
ReplyDeleteI can well imagine how tired you are of the snow. Sigh!
ReplyDeleteMaybe that's affecting your mojo. It'll be back soon - really it will.
So sorry for all the snow, snow and more snow you have been getting. No worries, your mojo will be back..perhaps vacationing in some warmer weather!
ReplyDeleteFebruary is a lot colder than December and January. Hope spring comes very soon!
ReplyDeleteHopefully you will find your sewing mojo soon. I find it helps me to take a break from it, maybe a day, maybe a week or longer. Tomato soup sounds tasty :) Cant blame you about the PJ's !
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