Cream of Tomato
2 Tbsp butter
2 Tbsp flour
2 Tbsp finely chopped onion
In a large saucepan, melt butter and add flour and onion (increase flour and butter by 1-2 Tbsp for thicker soup). Cook, stirring, for three minutes on medium heat. Add:
3 c. Milk
3/4 tsp salt
While milk heats, (do not boil), in a small sauce pan with medium high heat combine
1 1/2 tsp sugar
1 15 oz can petite diced tomatoes with about half their liquid
Bring tomatoes to a boil, cook for 1 minute, stirring.
Stir tomatoes into hot milk base. Serve.
For a time saver, I cook the roux with onions, cook the tomatoes with sugar let them cool. Then I put them in Food Saver bags and freeze. When we want homemade soup, it takes just a few minutes to chuck the frozen mix into a pan of milk and heat it up.