Today we wanted to start off our series of LOVE inspired family friendly foods with one of the classics, a yummy comfort food to enjoy inside after an afternoon of skating outside or building snowmen! In this house we are all big fans of cheese, especially bread with cheese…I mean, if you’ve been following me for awhile now you’d know this already. I cannot say no to cheese, it totally has a hold on me lol – even though I’m slightly lactose intolerant!

Today we are sharing a homemade creamy tomato soup recipe + these gooey golden heart shaped grilled cheeses. So very simple, let’s start with the grilled cheese.

Evenly spread organic butter on two pieces of Dempster’s Ancient Grains Quinoa bread and place some cut up organic cheddar cheese sandwiched inside. I bolded evenly because in this house, you want that golden outside on the entire grilled cheese…no one wants their butter weakly spread only in the middle of the bread lol – am I right or am I right? Pan fry this delish sandwich on medium heat until golden on both sides and your cheese is melting in the middle! We love this 100% whole grains bread with ancient grains & quinoa and of course the fact that it is made with no artificial flavours or colours! Once our grilled cheeses were cool enough to handle we cut them into heart shapes together with heart cookie cutters, super easy guys and a fun way to involve the kids in the kitchen. PS we are just as particular that the cheese is evenly distributed on the inside so when you bite into your grilled cheese you have cheese all the way to the crust and once again not only in the center lol…do I sound crazy??? Please tell me we are not the only ones that take their grilled cheeses so seriously hahaha

Creamy Tomato Soup time!!! And this recipe is actually SO, SO easy!!

Do you have a Vitamix? If so, you are literally just throwing all of the ingredients inside and turning on the soup selection…if not you can puree it all and then stick it in a sauce pot to heat :).

INGREDIENTS

• 3 tablespoons coconut oil

• 1 clove garlic

• 1 small onion

• 1 tablespoon of butter

• 2 large cans of whole peeled tomatoes OR 5 fresh large tomatoes

• 1/2 head of cauliflower

•           1 small peeled carrot

• 1 Celery stock

• 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt

• Dash of dried oregano

• Dash of turmeric

• 1-2 cups of coconut milk

•           Add fresh basil for garnish (if your kids will tolerate it LOL)