after having some awesome tomato basil soup at cafe 101, i made a somewhat efforted attempt to make some of my own. ingredients:

fresh basil (goes in last)
heavy whipping cream
tomato juice
tomatoes
salt
pepper
chicken stock
shallots
balsamic vinegar (small amount)
yellow onions
thyme
red pepper flakes
butter + olive oil
canned chicken pieces

i put the olive oil and some butter in the pan first
and threw in the chicken and onions

it turned out “okay”. was good with some shredded asiago cheese and crackers.