Something Soupy

Happy Two Days 'Til Fall!

I love Fall.  My wedding anniversary is in the Fall.  Halloween and Thanksgiving are in the Fall.  Fall means blankets and tea and soups and casseroles.  Have I mentioned that I love Fall?!

As fun and wonderful as Fall is, it also means health screenings for Josh and me.  Every year at this time, Josh and I have to do a health screening for our medical insurance.  We do a mini-physical and have blood work done.  By doing so, we save some on our medical insurance rates each month for the next year.  It's easy and doesn't take much effort, except for the fact that the blood work is done after fasting for 9-12 hours, and with the hours that I work, I have no choice but to do this in the afternoon.  That means that I spend an entire day hungry and craving something rich and delicious for dinner.  

Having said that, Josh had a bit of an upset stomach last night, so he wanted the exact opposite of something rich.  He told me in the middle of the afternoon that he wanted soup for dinner.  Soup wasn't exactly the super yummy, rich meal that I wanted for dinner.  I decided that we were going to have grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup.

I know, I know.  It's not really all that exciting, but stick with me here.

Instead of cracking open a good ol' can of Campbell's, I decided to make the Best Ever Tomato Soup from The Pioneer Woman.  Now, I've made tomato soup once or twice before from scratch, but within the last couple of weeks, I saw Ree make this tomato soup on her show, and it looked easy and yummy, so I just went with it.

Yum, yum, YUM.  Heavy cream, basil, tomatoes that I canned last summer...what's better than that?  Not much, actually, unless you add croutons and freshly shredded Parmesan cheese, which I did.

The croutons and Parmesan really just added that final pop to this.  It was warm and comforting and pretty much the perfect Fall food.  It was also rich enough that after fasting all day long, it really hit the spot for something more than just a can of soup.

Thank you, Pioneer Woman, for not failing me once again!