Creamy Tomato Soup

A couple years ago I started making a lot of homemade soups.  I found a great cook book; I didn't come up with any of them on my own.  This weekend I made the first one for the season and looking at the forecast for the week, I probably will be making another later this week.  Tony and I love this tomato soup recipe.  I had to strain out the "chunks" for the girls to eat it, but they liked it too.
1 or 2 onions, chopped
2 tablespoons butter
1 quart tomatoes
2 cans condensed tomato soup
1 1/2 cups milk
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 package cream cheese, softened
In a large saucepan, saute onion in butter until tender.  Stir in the other ingredients expect cream cheese.  Bring to boil.  Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.  Add cream cheese; stir until melted.

Landscaping Project

Be sure to check out my update on the right (The House - Other Projects *New Post*) to see all the work we have done outside lately.  Here is the finished product.

I Think I'm Done

I finally used up all my canning jars today. I canned 14 more quarts of tomatoes from Dad. Now I just have to find recipes to use up my supply. It was a pretty productive canning season. The results:

-35 quarts tomatoes

-14 pints tomatoes

-15 quarts tomato juice

-5 quarts peaches

-13 pints peaches

I also froze:

-12 cups zuchinni

-12 cups corn

-"so many I lost track" servings of squash, sweet potatoes, carrots, apples, and banana baby food