Welcome once again to another addition of Pinned It/Tried It here at Le. Rheims. This time, I foolishly decided to attempt some homemade tomato soup, figuring if I can make spaghetti sauce, I can make soup. I mean, it can’t be that hard, right?
Wrong.
Oh, so very wrong.
Uck. Major Pinterest fail.
The Pin: Quick Creamy Tomato Soup
The Source: Rachel Ray for Food Network
The Gist: Homemade, quick, easy, tomato soup
The Verdict: Josie Grossie.
Never, never again will I attempt this, or possibly even any other homemade tomato soup. For the price, it’s not even that much of a bargain. As, for the taste, it was like trying to drink hot V8 juice and nothing at all like a hot bowl of creamy tomato goodness.
On a side note, I picked this recipe to try because it claimed it was creamy. In my mind, creamy means no lumpy or gritty and this soup was anything but creamy. In fact, I ended up trying to strain it so as to get rid of some of the grit, and it ended horribly.
See? Josie Grosie.
If I wanted my vegetables to taste like vegetables, I’d eat them raw and not contrive ways of hiding them as much as possible in other foods and forms.
From now on, I’ll let the fine people at Campbell’s do what they do best: make amazing tomato soup (which they then condense and stick in a can for me to make up at home).
Life at Le. Rheims 
Awww, that’s a bummer. I’ve had a lot of success with homemade tomato soups. YUCK!
Mind posting a link to a recipe in the comments? 🙂
i agree, i usually sprinkle a bit of italian seasoning,bit of sour cream in my campbells soup and frankly i think it tastes delish! lovely post..ive had my fair share of pin failures…you live and learn…sarah
I usually just eat it as is, maybe sprinkle some parmigiana cheese or maybe crumble up some Ritz crackers and throw them on top. Campbell’s really has nailed tomato soup. Thanks for stopping by!
ewww, ewww and ewww. What were you thinking? Life is too short to be making your own when Campbless so gratiously already did! I am so sorry this happened to you. Especially being preggos I can’t imagine! Hope your mom is doing better.
She’s doing much better! Came home last night 🙂 As for the soup, I don’t know what I was thinking. Let’s just blame it on pregnancy brain and call it a day 🙂
Hey I promised you recipe but I honestly cannot find it. Maybe the difference is that I have only ever tried to make plain tomato soup and not creamed. If I come across it I will send to you. I did not make it that long ago and I remember using my fancy smashing tool to pulverize the tomato’s. Well Have a Happy Thanksgiving and see you soon.
That’s just it. This recipe was supposed to be crushed tomatoes with heavy cream. I have no idea what to add to make it taste more like soup and less like hot tomato juice.