Easy Tomato Soup is a simple, homemade tomato soup that requires only a few ingredients you probably already have like onions, carrot and canned tomatoes.

So as I was making my grilled cheese today, I realized that I needed some veggies.
Since it's getting warmer outside, I decided a nice salad would be a great complement to my cheesy sandwich.
Right as I was walking out the door to walk to pick up salad ingredients, the heavens opened and it started storming outside. And the temperature dropped at least 10 degrees.

Um... what to do? What to do?
I can't get the store, and I need some veggies with my grilled cheese.
Answer: make soup. Easy Tomato Soup using basic ingredients I have on hand. Canned tomatoes, onions, garlic, carrots, and olive oil.
Now, this isn't the best tomato soup in the whole entire universe {this one is!!}. But it is super simple and requires ingredients pretty much always in my kitchen. And it always hits the spot!
Plus, grilled cheese + tomato soup is the most perfect combination.
There's a reason it's so popular... it's downright delicious.

To make things a little more interesting, I made Pimento Cheese Grilled Cheese and cut them into little squares to make grilled cheese croutons.
I think it's just adorable, and it was really fun to eat.

Easy Tomato Soup
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cups diced onion about 1 large
- ยฝ cup diced carrot about 1 medium
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 30 ounce no salt added diced tomatoes undrained
- 3 cups water or broth
- ยฝ teaspoon salt
- ยฝ teaspoon sugar
- ยผ teaspoon cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Heat the oil over medium heat in a soup pot or Dutch oven. Add onion and carrots and saute for about 10 minutes until lightly golden. Stir in garlic.
- Add remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for 20-25 minutes until vegetables are very tender.
- Remove from heat and use an immersion blender to blend to desired consistency {alternately: use a blender but be careful when blending hot liquids!!}.
- Enjoy!
Notes
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Meme
Candace @ Cabot says
What a perfect recipe for Grilled Cheese Month! There's nothing like the classic combination of Tomato Soup and a Grilled Cheese Sandwich.
Meme says
Thanks! I think so too ๐