Roasted Corn and Pepper Soup

Ingredients

• 4 ears yellow corn, shucked
• 3 bell peppers, (red, orange or yellow), or 1 jar roasted peppers packed in water
• 5 Roma tomatoes, peeled, de-seeded and chopped, or 1 1/2 cups diced tomatoes, drained
• 1 T olive oil
• 1 large white or yellow onion, finely diced
• pinch red pepper
• 1/4 t cumin, ground
• 1/2 t dried thyme
• 1/4 t black pepper
• 16 oz vegetable broth, low sodium
• 1 T chives, chopped (optional)