If you are substituting tomato soup for a Mexican salsa roja sauce, add chili peppers, onions, and garlic for a hint of heat ...

A delicious-looking white bowl of creamy red tomato soup sits on a natural-colored linen napkin, a soup spoon set at an angle beside it. Both the soup and the napkin are sprinkled in dried herbs.

From there, add in your tomatoes and (carefully ... even finer tomato pieces in your soup, try using a potato ricer. We've previously shared how you can use a potato ricer to make tomato passata ...

If you add a little starch to coat the acid ... I used fresh basil in my version, because I really like the flavor with tomato soup. You also can use fresh tomatoes; just use 10 cups, peeled ...