Cream of Tomato Soup – Three Meals A Day

Ingredients

• 3 Tbs Butter Butter, without salt
• 2 Tbs olive oil Oil, olive, salad or cooking
• 3 medium onions, diced Onions, raw
• 1/2 tsp dried thyme Spices, thyme, ground
• 3/4 tsp dried basil Spices, basil, ground
• salt and pepper Peppers, sweet, red, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt
• 10 medium ripe tomato Tomatoes, red, ripe, raw, year round average
• 4 Tbs tomato paste Tomato products, canned, paste, with salt added
• 1/3 cup flour Wheat flour, white, all-purpose, enriched, unbleached
• 6 cups chicken stock Soup, chicken broth, canned, prepared with equal volume water, commercial
• 1 1/2 tsp sugar Sugars, granulated
• 1 1/2 cups cream Cream, fluid, heavy whipping