This fresh tomato soup is like sunshine in a bowl, really.  This soup
is so cheerful!  Serve with curried croutons (recipe below) for an
extra flavor explosion.

Sunshine In A Bowl Soup 

2 tab olive oil
1 cup chopped onion
3 cups fresh tomatoes (I always use sweet little cherry, grape, etc.)
3 cups canned diced tomatoes (or some combination of both fresh & canned)
1/4 c chopped fresh basil
1 tsp honey or molassass
3 tab freshly squeezed lemon juice 
one large orange: grate the entire peel, and squeeze for some juice
2 c orange juice
3 tab chopped fresh cilantro
salt & pepper to taste

Saute the onions in olive oil until soft and brown, adding a few
tablespoons of water at a time to keep them from burning.  Add the
tomatoes, basil, honey,lemon juice, and orange peel.  Bring to a boil
and then lower to simmer for 10-15 minutes.  (If using small tomatoes
like cherry tomatoes, make sure to crush them or chop them in half
ahead of time, I let them cook until softened a bit and then smash
them in the pot with a potato masher.)

In a blender combine the orange juice and cilantro and puree.  Ladle
about 2 cups of the soup into the blender and puree until smooth, and
then return to the pot.  Heat the soup gently for another ten minutes,
then serve with home made croutons, or to be extra fancy, nasturtium
blossoms!


Curry Croutons

This is a kind of "wing it" recipe, so do your best and improvise.

One loaf of bread, day old if possible (it's cheaper!)
enough olive oil to flavor that much bread
minced garlic
curry powder (use a "real" one from a spice shop!)
salt

Slice or tear the bread into crouton sized pieces.  Place on cookie
sheets in a 400F oven, and bake until slightly toasted.  Meanwhile, in
a large skillet, heat the olive oil, garlic and curry for just a few
minutes, until fragrant.  DON'T BURN THE GARLIC!!  Take off the heat
and allow to cool down.  Now you need to somehow combine the curry
olive oil with the bread...be creative, I don't have a great method
for this.  I pour some over the croutons in a large bowl, and then
tranfer those curried croutons to a large zip lock bag, when all is
said and done, I add a little more olive oil to the pot and try to get
the last bits of curry out and dump it in the bag.

I know, making croutons is always such a pain in the ass, but I
seriously can't enjoy a home made soup without home made croutons!