How to Make: Kushie Tomato Soup & Gooey Grilled Cheese Croutons

Skill level: Easy
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 1¼ hour
Serving size: 4-6 ounces
Yield: about 5 cups/1180 ml

Ingredients:

• 6 tablespoons/90 ml MagicalButter or MB coconut oil
• 1 can (28 ounces/800 g) crushed tomatoes (preferably San Marzano)
• ½ cup/120 ml heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons/30 ml No MSG Organic Chicken Base
• 1 tablespoon/15 ml pink Himalayan salt
• 5-8 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 medium-sized yellow onion, chopped
• 1 teaspoon/5 ml freshly ground black pepper
• 1 pinch/⅓ ml saffron threads

How to:

1. In a large sauté pan set to medium, heat the MagicalButter or oil for 2-3 minutes.
2. Add the onions, and sauté 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally until golden brown.
3. Add garlic, and cook 1 more minute.
4. Remove the pan from heat, and transfer the contents to your MagicalButter machine. Add the rest of your ingredients into the machine, and secure the head.
5. Press the Temperature button, and select 160ºF/71°C; then press the 1 Hour/Oil button.
6. Serve your Kushy Tomato Soup fresh and hot, with Gooey Grilled Cheese Croutons scattered on top. Enjoy!

Grilled Cheese Croutons Ingredients:

• 4 tablespoons/60 ml MagicalButter Coconut Oil
• 4 slices multi-grain country bread, crusts removed
• 4 ounces/115 g Boursin (Gournay) cheese
• 6-8 ounces/170-230 g Gruyère cheese, grated
• 4 slices white American cheese
• Garlic salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

How to:

1. Spread Boursin cheese on one side of each slice of bread.
2. Add the other cheeses atop the Boursin; then carefully pair two bread slices together with the cheeses to the inside, forming a cheese sandwich. Repeat with the remaining two slices.
3. Oil both outsides of the 2 sandwiches. Sprinkle on garlic salt and pepper.
4. In a large sauté pan set to medium, heat each side of the sandwiches until a golden brown color emerges, and the cheese is melted.
5. Let them relax for 2 minutes; then slice them into 1-inch cubes. Scatter your Gooey Grilled Cheese Croutons atop your awesome Kushy Tomato Soup, and enjoy. Easy, cheesy, and sure to please me!