Starting off my Sunday Soup Series with this cozy stovetop tomato pepper soup with grilled cheese 🍅🥣 It’s creamy, full of fresh tomato and pepper flavor, and such an easy way to use up an abundance of garden tomatoes! stovetop tomato pepper soup + grilled cheese ingredients for the soup: • 3 lbs garden tomatoes, roughly chopped • 2 medium red bell peppers, chopped • 2 large shallots, chopped • 6–8 garlic cloves, minced • 1 tbsp olive oil • 1 tbsp butter • 1½ tbsp tomato paste • 5–6 sprigs fresh thyme • 10–15 fresh basil leaves • 1 tsp salt, plus more to taste • 1 tsp black pepper, plus more to taste • 1 tsp sugar • 1 cup bone broth, chicken broth, or vegetable broth • ½ cup heavy cream, plus more for serving for the grilled cheese: • fresh bread, sliced • butter, softened • sliced basil and garlic Monterey cheese, about 3 slices per sandwich, or your favorite melting cheese directions 1. Heat the olive oil and butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add the shallots and red bel...