Old Fashioned Tomato Soup

Name: Old Fashioned Tomato Soup
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 6 servings (1-1/2 quarts).
Cuisine: Comfort Food Recipes, Comfort Food Soup Recipes, Comfort Food Vegetarian Recipes
Ingredients: 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt; 1/8 teaspoon pepper; Salt to taste; 1 quart milk; 2 tablespoons butter; Minced fresh parsley, optional

Mother made this soup when I was a child, and it was always one of my favorites. After 75 years, it still is! Mother's cellar was filled with home-canned vegetables, so the basic ingredient of this soup was right at hand. It never took her long to make a kettle of this wonderful soup. —Wilma Miller, Port Angeles, Washington

Ingredients

1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
Salt to taste
1 quart milk
2 tablespoons butter
Minced fresh parsley, optional

Directions

In a large saucepan, bring tomatoes to a boil. Add baking soda, garlic salt, pepper and salt if desired. Reduce heat; add the milk and butter. Heat through but do not boil. Garnish with parsley if desired.

Editor's Note: 2 cups of home-canned or freshly stewed tomatoes with liquid can be substituted for canned tomatoes.

Nutrition Facts

1 cup: 148 calories, 9g fat (6g saturated fat), 32mg cholesterol, 423mg sodium, 10g carbohydrate (9g sugars, 1g fiber), 6g protein.

Originally published as Old Fashioned Tomato Soup in Reminisce July/August 1994

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Rabid_Monkey202

Feb 14, 2015

Nasty! Would have been better off with a tomato and a glass of milk. Now my toddler tells me all the time, "I don't want tomatoes in milk. It's yucky."
ACBABSL

May 14, 2013

Great lunch for late workers.
MissDeborah

May 28, 2012

A QUART of milk???? It was not creamy at all. Turned out like water. Somebody got this wrong. Maybe a cup of milk. Yuk.
ehlertn

Nov 20, 2011

I will never buy another can of tomato soup again! This recipe was beyond delicious--even my teenage daughter loved it, and she doesn't even like canned tomato soup! The flavor of the soup was fresh and wholesome--it didn't have any of the vinegary tartness that the canned soups have. I add fresh dill in season, or dried, as well as any other fresh herbs that my garden is producing in Summer. Enjoy!
ehlertn

Aug 26, 2011

This sounds like a great way to serve my garden tomatoes. Does anyone know if I can use them freshly diced (since there is boiling involved)? If so, would I need to add any additional ingredients to substitute from the canned tomatoes? Thank you for any advice! I can imagine serving this with homemade bread toasted with cheese! Yum!
eawinters

Jan 8, 2011

This was just like the soup my elderly mother remembers her aunt making ninety years ago. She and I greatly enjoyed it. I did add a little sugar, as I always do with recipes that are strongly tomato.
Linda LK

Dec 6, 2010

I wanted a creamy tomato soup that wasn't made from a canned soup. This was perfect. It was fast and easy and was made with canned tomatoes which I had plenty on hand. It was very good and was perfect to drink from soup cups. I will definitely make this again.
MallGJ

Sep 17, 2010

I grew up on a farm where there was plenty of homegrown and canned tomatoes. This was the only way I knew tomatoe soup. No can for me.