Tomato Basil Soup - The One We all Like

The temperatures are dropping.
We are coming home from soccer and it is already dark.
This can only mean 1 thing.
Soup Season!!


This one comes from the Pioneer Woman.  You really can’t go wrong.  Adjust the seasonings as you like. I have it written here with a few changes of my own how we like it.

• 6 Tablespoons Melted Butter
• 1 whole Medium Onion, Diced
• 1 bottle (46 Oz.) Tomato Juice ( I didn’t have - just added another can of chopped or diced tomatoes and it totally works)
• 2 cans (14 Oz. Cans) Diced Tomatoes
• 3 Tablespoon Chicken Base
• 3 Tablespoons Sugar
• 1 pinch Salt
•  Black Pepper To Taste
• 1 cup Cooking Sherry
• 1-1/2 cup Heavy Cream
•  Chopped Fresh Parsley ( or a toss of dried)
•  Chopped Fresh Basil ( or a tablespoon of dried)

Sauté diced onions in butter until translucent.

 Then add canned tomatoes, tomato juice, chicken base, sugar, pinch of salt, black pepper and stir.

 Bring to a near boil, then turn off heat.

 Add in sherry and cream and stir.

Blend with the hand mixer.

 Add in parsley and basil to taste.

Adjust other seasonings and serve with yummy, crusty bread on a cold blustery, dreary, depressing, rainy, snowy day.