Foodie Friday

First, is this soup.  After a long day of traveling, we needed dinner ASAP and didn't have any groceries.  I based this tomato soup off of my memory of two different tomato soups from Our Best Bites (their cookbooks), and just used what I had on hand. I shredded two large carrots and sautéed it in a little olive oil.  I then added three cans of tomatoes: two stewed, one diced; one cup of water with chicken bouillon (the soft kind from costco--get it!), a table spoon or two of tomato paste out of a tube (from Trader Joes--you keep it in the fridge), and sprinkled in some garlic powder, onion powder, basic, salt and pepper.  I Brought it to a boil, then simmered for 15-20 minutes.  (I might have added another 1/2 cup - cup more water, can't quite remember.)  Then I blended it all up, and added about a 1/4-1/3 cup of cream we still had in the fridge.  Voila!  We served it with grilled cheese that night and I ate it for lunch the rest of the week.