Tomato Basil Soup

I am obsessed with tomato soup and grilled cheese.  However, I am very picky when it comes to my tomato soup.  My current love is Corner Bakery's tomato basil.  In a moment of ambition, I decided to make my own, from scratch.  Nothing pre-made does it for me.  I also do not like creamy tomato soup.  So I searched around until I found this recipe from the Barefoot Contessa.

I kept to the recipe but as a I did not have a food mill, I just used an immersion blender.

Mine came out more orange than I expected.

It wasn't bad but it was a tad thin.  We had it over two days and the second day was better.

I am going to keep on looking for recipes but this is close to what I was shooting for.