Is tomato soup good for a cold?

What is a good recipe for tomato basil soup?

• It's my favorite variety of soup, but I have no idea how to make it! Does anyone have a good recipe I can use?

• Answer:

  I take my own home grown tomatoes (if you can't grow your own or buy them from a local farmer, your better off buying a high quality canned Italian tomato) cut them in half place them cut side up lightly salt, pepper, and sprinkle a little oregano on top. Then place in a 250 degree oven for two to three hours. While that is happening dice some carrots and onion place some good quality extra virgin olive oil into the bottom of a deep sided stove top pan ( the one you cook your pasta in ) then sweat the onions and cook the carrots at very low temp such that they to can cook for several hours without browning. When the carrots, onions, and tomatoes are ready let them cool down until they are cool enough to handle with your hands. Get your food processor out and in batches place the tomatoes and others into the food processor and run it long enough to make the soup smooth and you can't see and onion or carrot chunks in the resulting liquid. Then add enough chicken or vegtable stock to the tomatos to thin it down enough so that it can reduce by 1/3 and then be the thickness you like your soup to be. Add salt, sugar, pepper, Basil, Parsley, red pepper flakes, and some high quality Baslamic vinager and lemon juice to taste. Simmer till reduced by 1/3 server.