the delish

i’m leaving you today with a terrible picture (courtesy of yours truly), but an excellent recipe, courtesy of my dear mother. she invented this soup after tasting a similar version at poppycock’s restaurant in traverse city, michigan. 

tomato spinach swiss soup

• 2-3 quarts stewed tomatoes
• 1 can tomato sauce

-or-

• 3-4 cans crushed tomatoes
• 1 can chopped tomatoes with jalepeno

-and-

• 8 oz. jarlsberg light (cut up or shredded)
• 1 bag spinach – chopped, stems removed
• 1 tablespoons dried basil or 3 tablespoons chopped fresh
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic

in large pot, combine tomatoes, basil and garlic. use a stick blender to puree. (or puree with blender or food processor first.) add spinach and cook over medium until it gets hot. add cheese and cook approx ten minutes longer, or until cheese just becomes melty. season to taste.

this makes a great meal in itself, but goes very well with bruschetta also.

don’t like hot soup in hot weather? it’s great served cold!

(i used one quart stewed tomatoes, one large can pureed tomatoes and one jar spaghetti sauce, because that’s what i had. and i’m stingy with my stewed tomatoes!)