Homemade Tomato Soup - Gardening Foodies

Ingredients

• 4 Tablespoons butter (could use oil instead)
• 1 onion (yellow or sweet work best)
• 2 stalks celery
• 2 long carrots (could use handful of baby carrots instead)
• 1 Tablespoon minced garlic (I tend to use a heaping T here)
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 small can tomato paste
• 4 cups chicken or vegetable broth
• 2 14.5 oz cans fire roasted tomatoes (could use plain diced here as well (or 4 cups fresh tomatoes cut up))
• 1/4 cup sugar (optional, or could use way less depending on taste preference)
• 1/4-1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg (depending on taste)
• 1/4 cup heavy cream
• salt and pepper to taste