Tomato Soup

1. 1

   Please cook rice first. Or if you're lucky - you can use what is left over from the Chinese food you bought the other nite from the carryout.

2. 2

   In medium soup-pot, put in olive oil, turn heat up to med/high. Add onion, cook 1 minute. Add garlic. Swirl around soup-pot with spoon until garlic is fragrant. (about 30 seconds).

3. 3

   Smoosh tomatoes in bowl, with fingers, or use a sharp knife with a fork and dice if you don't want to use your fingers.

4. 4

   Add crushed tomatoes to soup-pot, along with rest of ingredients, down to additions.

5. 5

   Turn up heat to high, stir, and wait for a soft bubbly boil. When boil comes, cover, turn heat down to low, let cook for 15 to 20 minutes.

6. 6

   Add rice.

7. 7

   After 10 minutes, stir in herbs de province, croutons.

8. 8

   Pour in warmed soup bowls, (run hot water in and around soup bowls for 5 minutes. prior to serving) add fresh basil to top.

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