Loved this quick and easy recipe. I had a friend coming over around lunch time and wanted to do a quick lunch with what I had in hand, so made some adjustments which turned out great. I used a 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes plus a small bag of frozen roasted tomatoes from my garden last year (the only way to use good cherry tomatoes from your garden imo). I also had some vegetable stock in the fridge so used that instead of chicken stock. I added a half tsp of dried thyme and approx a tsp of dried basil (not ground). Add your S&P to taste, but I used about a half tsp kosher salt and several cranks of pepper. I used a deep soup pot and used my stick blender to blend it all. Am waiting for my friend to arrive. It is perfect as is but will add the cream when almost ready to serve and top with some fresh grated parm.

added fresh basil , absolutely delightful

The perfect tomato soup recipe. I like fire roasted tomatoes in this, or san marzanos with parmesan.

Using fire-roasted tomatoes is way better for this soup. Too bland for me otherwise, but the kids like it either way.

perfect fall soup! I substituted whole tomatoes for canned and added 3 table spoons of Frank's hot sauce! I served this delicious soup with grilled cheese sandwiches

I made this soup for my son after his wisdom teeth surgery. This soup was easy to make and all the ingredients are readily available in the pantry. It was delicious. I will absolutely make this again and again.

This soup is phenomenal! I've made it twice; the second time, I added basil - even better!!

My blender was on the fritz so I made a few changes; I used one sixteenth tsp garlic powder and one eight tsp onion powder and substituted whole tomatoes for crushed. My tomatoes were quite acid so I add half tsp sugar. It turned out perfect ; the first homemade tomato soup I ever liked. I can't wait to make it strictly according to Martha's recipe.

I made this exactly as the directions read. Excellent soup!! Thanks for another great recipe Martha!

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