Celeste's Tomato Soup

Celeste has been picking up the culinary touch during the past couple of years, and she has created her own blend of spices to enhance the traditional canned tomato soup!  It actually tastes quite good.  My main complaint with tomato soup fresh from the can (even Campbell's) is that it tends to taste bitter, and even a touch metallic, depending on how long it has sat in food storage.

Celeste likes extra flavour too, and her unique combination of spices tastes very good.  It actually reminds me of a basil tomato soup, and it greatly improves the canned experience.  So I made her measure out the ingredients tonight, and thus the recipe has been solidified! :-)  She makes her soup the way all great chef's do... she sprinkles everything into the soup until it tastes just right.

Ingredients:

• 2 cans of tomato soup
• Italian Seasoning (sprinkled to taste)
• McCormick Season All Spice  (sprinkled to taste)
• Salt & Pepper added to taste (be conservative since the other spices include salt)

Directions:

1. Bring two standard sized 10¾ oz. cans of Tomato Soup to a simmer.
2. Excepting Progresso, most canned soups call for adding water or milk. Use water. 
3. Add the spices to taste.  These spices really make the soup more flavourful!
4. Have the cheese sandwiches grilling while the soup is heating
5. Only heat to a simmer, avoiding a boil.

Note:  Celeste often swaps one of the cans with Progresso 19 oz. "Hearty Tomato" or "Tomato Basil" soups.

Celeste's recipe goes very well with grilled cheese sandwiches (we cut them angle-wise into two triangles) and dip them in the soup.