Around our home, even though we try and teach our children to eat what we serve them. We occasionally get the “What’s this green stuff in my soup?”, or the “I don’t like diced tomatoes.” I have come up with a way to enjoy homemade tomato soup that everyone likes.
In a large stock pot over medium heat combine the following
- 1 can of tomato juice
- 1 teaspoon of onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda
- 2 teaspoons of salt
- 4 teaspoons of raw sugar (or any kind of sweetener)
While that is heating, in a saucepan, melt 5 Tablespoons of butter.
After the butter has melted, add 4 Tablespoons of flour.
Continue stirring over medium high heat until you get a thick paste. Careful to stay with this as it will burn quickly.
After the tomato juice mixture has reached the boiling point, you can add your butter/flour mixture and stir continuously to thicken and remove any lumps. Turn down the temperature to a simmer.
Next you need to add your milk. If you have 3 cups on hand you can add that to your soup. I like to use powdered milk as it is very cheap for things like this. But I need to make some up.
In a large pitcher measure out the desired amount of milk powder
.
Add necessary amount of water.
Then whisk.
Pour 3 cups of this into your soup, continue heating until ready to serve.
Easy kid friendly tomato soup and grill cheese. Yum!
Tried this soup tonight and absolutely loved It! So much better than condensed soups. Do you have a kid friendly mushroom soup recipie? 🙂
Ha ha!! Someone else’s children do not like “things” in their soup:) Yes we have one. The key is to puree them as much as you can, to avoid any suspicious looking “things” smile….
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enjoy!
Looks great! What size can of tomato juice?
Yikes! I apologize…I need to pay attention to labels and sizes….it is the normal sized one at Aldis. I believe like a quart….tall can?!?! Sorry:(
Way too much milk???
Thank you!!! That was for doubled:) It is 3 cups:)
Hi there, I have been watching your You Tube clips for a while now and loooove them. I only have three kids (red heads…need I say more) but I do work full time. Just a quick question for now: I am from Australia and sometimes I find it a challenge to interpret some of the products you use. In this case you say a tin/jar of tomato juice, is this the drinking tomato juice? Tomato purée? Tomatos that you have puréed at home? Thank you, and I just signed up too.
Many thanks
Megan
So nice to meet you!!! This was a big can of tomato juice…you can use tomato paste which is thicker and add more water..tomato sauce has more water than paste so you can just add more liquid as well. It is basically tomatoes without all the seeds and skins…i hope that explains it.