Yummy! Roasted Red Pepper Soup

Another dinner update.  Last night we had a wonderful Roasted Red Pepper Soup with a Ham and Cheese Panino.

FYI- In Italian Panino is the word used for sandwich. The plural form (meaning two or more) is Panini. So for all those American's that like to list their daily special as Panini's you are wrong. Technically that is like saying today we have Sanwiches's. So now that I cleared that up let get down to business.

Another quick and lovely creation by the hubby... Roasted Red Pepper Soup.  We had an abundant amount of red peppers this year so before they went bad we decided to roast them, slice them, and then freeze them.  Tonight we took a portion out of the freezer to make the soup.  Adding some homemade chicken stock, milk, a bit of this and a bit of that (I can barely keep up with him in the kitchen), we broke out the hand blender and pureed the boiling hot pepper mixture.

Next, I did manage to see a glimpse of some basil being tossed in at the end.

TIP: We finely chop Basil mix with minimal Olive Oil in a food processor and then spread the mixture out flat into a freezer bag and freeze it.  Then when you want that fresh taste of basil for your nightly dish you just break a piece off and toss it in.  Some people also use ice cube trays.

While the soup was being prepared I was in charge of the ham for the panini. Nothing fancy just browning the ham in a wok.  Nicky then used two or three different cheeses added the ham and into the panino maker they went.

A few minutes later voilá!! Another delicious homemade meal.

The good thing about this meal is you could make a ton of soup and freeze into individual portions for lunches during the week.  Make a couple extra Panini or just use crackers.

Till next time...