Fresh Tomato Soup With Cilantro

How do you measure the value of something you hold dear? How do you assess the worth of a prize? Is it not by the depth of delight it induces in your heart? Is it not by the intensity and quality of your joy in what it is? Is it not by how excited and enthralled and thrilled you are in the manifold display of its attributes, characteristics, and properties? Is it not by the extent of the sacrifice you are willing to make to gain it, to guard it, and to keep it? In other words, your satisfaction in what the treasure is and does for you is the standard or gauge by which its glory (worth and value) is revealed. The treasure, which is God, is most glorified in and by you when your pleasure in Him is maximal and optimal.

Sam Storms

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Meats		Soups and, Stews	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Vertically sliced onion
		Vegetable cooking spray
1	t	Olive oil
1/4	c	Thinly sliced celery
1		Clove garlic, minced
1	t	Ground cumin
1/2	t	Salt
1/8	t	Pepper, 1/8 to 1/4
4	c	Peeled coarsely chopped
		tomatoes
1/3	c	Water
13 3/4	oz	No-salt-added chicken broth
		1 can
2	T	Chopped fresh cilantro
		Fresh cilantro sprigs
		optional

INSTRUCTIONS

Cut onion slices in half.  Coat a large saucepan with cooking spray;
add oil, and place over  medium heat until hot. Add onion, celery, and
garlic; saute 5 minutes  or until tender. Add cumin, salt, and pepper;
cook 5 minutes,  stirring frequently. Add tomato, water, and chicken
broth; bring to a  boil. Reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, 10  
minutes.  Place 2-1/2 cups tomato mixture in container of an electric
blender;  cover and process until smooth. Add tomato puree back to
mixture in  pan, and stir well. Add chopped cilantro, and stir well.
Yield: 1-1/2  quarts (serving size: 1 cup).  Per serving: 253 Calories;
7g Fat (20% calories from fat); 25g  Protein; 43g Carbohydrate; 0mg
Cholesterol; 2554mg Sodium  NOTES : Serve warm or chilled; garnish with
fresh cilantro sprigs, if  desired.  Recipe by: Cooking Light, May/June
1993, page 89  Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #417 by igor@digex.net on
Jan 28, 1997.

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“Our hopelessness and our helplessness are no barrier to (God’s) work. Indeed our utter incapacity is often the prop He delights to use for His next act… We are facing one of the principles of Yahweh’s modus operandi. When His people are without strength, without resources, without hope, without human gimmicks – then He loves to stretch forth His hand from heaven. Once we see where God often begins we will understand how we may be encouraged. #Ralph Davis”