tomato and courgette soup

Given my obvious love of tomatoes, I get positively delirious at this time of year when they are piling up all around me and at their absolute best. We just got back from a two week holiday to find our garden overflowing with perfectly ripe tomatoes and courgettes (zucchini). Very handy as I came back from holiday feeling in need of a major injection of fruit and veg.

My boys (age 2 and 3) still aren’t crazy about courgettes but I remembered a recipe my Mum used to make when she was overrun with them so I rustled it up at lunchtime and it went down a treat.

Adding creaminess

I love that courgettes add a real creaminess to soups when blended. I don’t really like cream in soups, I find it dulls down the flavours too much. If I’m going to eat cream, I’d rather eat it with a nice slice of pie, thank you very much. That said, if you think your crew are devotees of Heinz cream of tomato, you may want to add a slug of double cream or creme fraiche to this soup just before blending to get them on board.