[FreeTheHostages]

Pippin, come here, I'll comfort you. Ladies, I do announce that you're all such good FRiends I do hereby impart my very favorite soup recipe. Carlo3b, this one is great!:
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Tomato Roasted Garlic Soup
Ingredients:
1 head of garlic (1.5 head if you love garlic)
2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
Salt and freshly ground pepper
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped celery
4 (14 1/2-ounce) cans stewed tomatoes, undrained
2 bay leaves
2 teaspoons dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon dried thyme

Directions:
* Preheat oven to 350°.
* Remove loose, papery skin from garlic, leaving heads intact. Place
garlic on a sheet of foil; drizzle with 1 teaspoon olive oil and sprinkle
with a pinch of salt and pepper. Loosely wrap foil around garlic, folding
foil edges securely. Roast for 40 minutes, remove to a plate and let garlic
cool.
* Squeeze soft garlic from each clove into a small bowl; set aside.
* In a large saucepan over medium flame, heat remaining teaspoon of
olive oil. Add onion, celery and roasted garlic. Cover and cook until
vegetables soften, about 3 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, one cup water, 2 bay
leaves, basil, oregano, thyme and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; bring to a boil.
Reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes to blend flavors.
* Remove bay leaves. In a blender, puree soup in batches until smooth.
Salt to taste. Serves 4.
Notes:
* Recipe created by Cary Neff, Miraval Spa with minor
modifications
* Batch = 1000 calories

[Aquamarine]

Oh that sounds so good, I'll definately have to try that one out.
Billie that reminds me...I've made your sweet and sour dressing several times. It works great as a sauce on baked teriyaki chicken breasts. I also add a little bit of celery seed to the dressing.

(((Pippin)))

[Pippin]

OOOOOH! Thank You!

Aqua, quit making me hungry! LOL