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Tomato soup

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The first time I had tomato soup was meeting a sister Hip Hop Wife for lunch after not seeing each other for a while. I had been fasting so I needed something soft as my first meal for that day.

At this point I had appreciated Mexican, Chicken and Minestrone Soup (had this one for the first time with mom in JHB). Just realised how I have such fond memories attached to the two times I discovered I loved these two types of soups.

All the other soups I have mentioned have a lot going on, the ingredients, there are lots of bits to bite on, veggies and texture. When you think tomato soup one can easily get the feeling that there isn’t much going on. Just looking at it, looks very one dimensional, it’s a bowl of red right? Believe it or not, this is very far from what it is.

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