THE ONLY TOMATO SOUP AND GRILLED CHEESE RECIPE YOU'LL EVER WANT

Steps:

• Tomato Soup:
• Melt the butter in a large pot over medium-high heat.
• Add the onion and stir for 6-8 minutes, until the onions brown.
• Add crushed garlic cloves, stir for another minute.
• Stir in crushed tomatoes, chicken broth, heavy cream, salt, and pepper.
• Bring it all to a boil, lower the heat, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Remove the soup from the heat and transfer it to a blender.
• Optional: You can also leave the soup in the pot and use an immersion blender, instead of standard blender.
• Blend for two full minutes, or until the soup is smooth and thick.
• Grilled Cheese:
• Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C).
• Cut the crusts off the bread. (Save crusts for later)
• Arrange your bread slices on cookie sheet.
• Crush garlic cloves & melt butter.
• Combine the melted butter and garlic in a bowl.
• Using a silicone pastry brush, spread the mixture over each piece of bread. Dab all four sides of the bread.
• Cover bread slices with generous amount of shredded cheese.
• Bake bread slices for 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Place tomato soup into serving bowl(s) to cool.
• Homemade Croutons:
• Take crusts previously cut from bread slices.
• Add crusts, olive oil, oregano, pepper, and salt to a bowl.
• Toss everything until completed coated.
• Transfer the crusts to a large baking sheet.
• Bake croutons for 5 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Add crouton fries to soup.