I don’t know about where you are, but dude it’s cold here. And windy. And blustry snowy.

Perfect day for soup!

Tomato Balsamic Soup (based on this recipe)

But first I had to model my Christmas present from Nathan

Set oven to 500

Spray a casserole dish with cooking spray

Drain 2 cans of whole tomatoes and put them in the dish along with

an onion chopped up

and 5 cloves of garlic, peeled

In a bowl, combine 1/2 cup beef broth

a tablespoon of brown sugar

3 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar

1 tbsp soy sauce

and pour it over tomatoes

Bake until everything is nice and smushed. It took mine about an hour.

Ladle all the goodness into your blender

add 1/2 cup beef broth

and 3/4 cup half and half

and take the top out of your lid for ventilation. Or bad things would happen.

Cover the hole with a towel and blend up nice and smooth.

And remember to take a picture before you let it cool and put it in the fridge to eat the next day. (Next to the upcoming Corn Chicken Chowder recipe.)

Or at least take a picture the next day at dinner. Or the day after at dinner.

Imagine that picture here, okay?