What Makes For a Good Tomato Soup vs Tomato Sauce Recipe?

[jjhunter]

I have a modified tomato basil soup recipe that I use for as a base for tomato sauce as well (whether the end result is for spaghetti or pizza sauce). The only difference is that for the former I also add in bouillon cubes + water + a dash of dairy product (cream or a spoonful of plain Greek yogurt). Naturally I've gotten into the habit of turning my homemade tomato sauce leftovers into homemade tomato soup, with varying degrees of success.

What makes for a really good tomato soup recipe versus a good tomato sauce recipe? And while I'm at it, what are other creative uses for leftover homemade tomato sauce?

ETA: I've written out the modified tomato basil soup/sauce recipe here in the comments.

Comments

[ar]

No recommendations on tomato soup (I, uh, really hate it XD;;), but if you have your tomato sauce on pasta one night, may I suggest matzoh pizzas the next? IDK, I really like them--they're quick and crunchy. American goulash is also good. And there's always chili!

[jjhunter]

All excellent recommendations - thank you very much! The matzoh pizza one looks especially fun, though considering that I have a ready supply of good frozen pizza dough that my local grocery store makes onsite, I'm just going to add the recipe to my recipe binder for when I'm no longer living in the area. And chili - omnomnom, I haven't done much with chili at all, and suddenly that seems like a terrible lack in my repertoire.

[ar]

Matzoh pizza is about the only way I can get my roommate to eat homemade pizza (the novelty of eating it on matzoh outweighs any complaints, lol). If I could buy fresh-made pizza dough on a regular basis, I'd gladly use that instead.

Chili is definitely something worth making. ♥ My favourite recipe is actually chili casserole, but there are a multitude of delicious chili recipes that haven't been baked in the oven. :D