End of Summer Tomatoes I

It's the end of the summer, and there are literally CASES of tomatoes waiting to become even more delicious than they already are...

Here's the first in the series...

Very Not-Campbell's Tomato Soup

ingredients:
a bunch of big, fresh tomatoes (I used 6)
olive oil
sea salt and ground pepper
1 small onion
2 or 3 cloves garlic (I used two huge ones)
1/2 loaf freshly baked bread (I bought mine at the grocery store bakery)
a handful of fresh parsley
a ton of parmesan cheese
fresh basil
1 small carton chicken broth

steps:
cut bread into large cubes and put in a 200 degree oven until it's not brown, just crunchy...20 minutes or so
peel the tomatoes and chop...chop and add the parsley...add a bunch of sea salt and pepper, stir, and let sit...taste occasionally just because it's so good
in a big pan, cook thinly sliced onion and garlic in 1/4 cup or so of olive oil until clear
add tomato mixture...cook for about 10 minutes
add chicken broth and more salt and pepper...cook some more
get the bowls ready...put 4 or 5 of the toasted bread chunks in each bowl
pour soup over bread chunks
add a bunch of parmesan cheese to each bowl til the chunks and soup are white on top
drizzle each bowl with olive oil and throw some chopped fresh basil on top

Die of joy.