I’ve always loved tomato soup. When we were kids my mom would can tomatoes and then we would dump a jar of them in a pot, add a bunch of butter, and that would be some deeeeelicious tomato soup. I also like the tomato soup that you get at nice Italian restaurants – where the tomatoes are pureed with olive oil and delicious seasonings, and the soup is the perfect color of red. I don’t why, but I always assumed it was difficult to make. It looks so fancy. Today I found out differently.
I tried this recipe: Tomato Soup with Spicy Mini Meatballs. The soup itself was pretty easy to make, and best of all, I was able to finally utilize my herb garden! I used fresh parsley, basil and oregano. Those spices were combined with olive oil, garlic, canned tomatoes, water, and salt. The concoction simmered for 30 minutes, and then I dumped it into our Vitamix blender (I will have to do a separate post on this amazing machine some day). Out came perfectly silky, tasty, beautiful tomato soup.
Once that was complete, I set to work on the spicy mini meatballs. Making the meatball batter was a pretty simple feat, but making the mini meatballs was a huge PITA. They are supposed to be teaspoon size. TEASPOON!! It took forever. I only cooked half up them and then froze the rest. I have to say, they were worth the trouble. Very very delicious.
Tim and I both loved this soup. Next time, however, I need to double or quadruple the batch. We only got 2 large bowls out of this recipe. Also, if you make the recipe, note that the ingredient list for the meatballs is missing garlic. It’s referenced in the instructions but not listed in the ingredients. I added 2 gloves of chopped garlic to my balls.
Now that the triathlon is over, I need to get back in the habit of cooking more and writing more. That is, unless we do another triathlon. Which we are seriously considering. I probably should have just BOUGHT my wet suit instead of renting one. Triathlons are expensive. But Tim and I had a great time participating in the QC Triathlon last weekend. I want to do it again 🙂 I can’t believe it, but I actually enjoy swimming now. I haven’t been swimming since last Saturday, and I miss it. This is probably an egotistical thing to say, but I’m super proud of myself for facing and overcoming my fear of the water and of swimming. Yay Heather! I read a quote somewhere that says you should never compare yourself to someone else. You should only compare yourself to who you were yesterday. I feel like I’m a much stronger person physically and emotionally today than I was 6 months ago, and that makes me happy.
Hopefully I will have more recipe reviews to share soon! Take care and good night.
