Homemade Tomato Soup With Grilled Cheese Sticks

Here is a tasty, easy-to-prepare homemade tomato soup recipe that is sure to ward off the cold. Paired with grilled cheese sticks for dipping. It is the perfect comfort food combination.

This Homemade Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese Sticks recipe tops the canned version a hundred times over, and is worth the extra effort. Although, in reality, it’s pretty simple to make.

I have eaten plenty of canned tomato soup in my day and when my children were growing up, what was easier than opening up a can and serving it to them for lunch? After trying this homemade tomato soup recipe, I probably won’t be eating the canned version again.

For chopping the veggies for this recipe a 7" Santoku comes in handy.

To cut the grilled cheese sticks, the Pizza Cutter works wonders. It’s a great job for the kids.

This recipe makes enough soup to feed about 16 people and can be prepared in less than an hour. To serve it to a crowd, make it ahead of time in a Dutch oven and then transfer it to a slow cooker and set the temperature on low or keep warm.

The crushed red pepper flakes add just a little kick and, if you can find them, the San Marzano tomatoes have a sweetness to them that you don’t find in most other canned tomatoes. I didn’t puree the soup until totally smooth, I left it just a little chunky. I also didn’t add the cream, because I forgot.

The grilled cheese sticks were the perfect finishing touch. The mayo mix is a pleasant change from just buttering the bread. I used a combination of three kinds of cheddar. A New York, a Vermont and a Wisconsin. After the sandwiches are grilled and cut into strips, if you have warming tray, put the cheese sticks on it and cover with foil. This will keep the cheese melty and the bread warm without burning.

This homemade tomato soup received all positive reviews from everyone here. In fact, I just reheated some that was leftover and it was even better a day later after all the flavors had a chance to meld.