Valentine's Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup

INGREDIENTS

TOMATO SOUP

2 tbsp

olive oil

garlic cloves, minced

1 cup

vidalia onion, diced

2 cans

diced tomatoes, 28 ounce size with juice

2 tbsp

fresh basil leaves (you can use 2 tsp of dried basil for the same effect)

2 cups

chicken stock (yes, stock is different than broth)

3 tbsp

sugar

1 cup

half and half (you can use whole milk if you don’t have half and half on hand)

3 tbsp

butter

Shredded parmesan cheese

Salt and pepper

GRILLED CHEESE

Texas toast (The actual bread. Not the frozen stuff.)

Mozzarella slices

Butter (You can use margarine, but butter makes a nicely gold brown, slightly crunchier sandwich. Plus it tastes better.)