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Tomato Soup & Grilled Cheese Croutons

This post is sponsored by Campbell’s.

For quite a few years after college while I was in graduate school, I worked at both a health food store and a nutritional supplements store. I’ve always been very interested in health & fitness while I worked in those stores, I spent a lot of time reading the magazines and books on the shelves. I learned a lot while I was there and one of the main topics I read about often was heart health.

Many of our customers came into the stores with a variety of ailments and they wanted recommendations on what they could do to live healthier. One recommendation I would often make is to keep an eye on their sodium levels. Sodium surprisingly turns up in more places than you’d think. In fact, it even tricked me once and I consider myself pretty health conscious.

A few years ago I was trying to lose a few extra pounds. It was winter and I was really enjoying soup. I figured since soups were packed full of meats and veggies, they would be a good nutritional choice. I bought a variety of soups from the supermarket and ate them for lunch and dinner for a few days. I kept waiting for the weight to fall off but instead I started getting really bad headaches and felt sluggish. I couldn’t figure out why, I was working out and eating healthy – or so I thought.

A week of this went by before I decided to actually read the labels of the soup cans I was getting two meals a day from. I was blown away by the sodium levels in the soup. I immediately switched to sandwiches and salads and felt much better.

It was great lesson and now I read all labels all the time. That’s why I’m excited about Campbell’s Healthy Request line are soups that are certified by the American Heart Association. This means this line of soups have been verified to meet the American Heart Association’s criteria for fat, saturated fat, trans fat, and cholesterol. I was also pleased to learn these soups have been controlled for sodium.

Campbell's Healthy Request

These are just a few of the soups in the line.

Recently I decided to use Campbell’s Healthy Request Tomato Soup and Pepperidge Farm Whole Grain Dark Honey & Wheat Bread to make Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese Croutons. I made sure the cheese was low fat and used it sparingly. Just enough to give the croutons a nice cheesy flavor.

Tomato Soup & Grilled Cheese CroutonsI have to say that while I’ve often eaten tomato soup with grilled cheese I never made the grilled cheese into croutons before. This was a first for me and it won’t be a last. It was delicious and so easy. I simply made the grilled cheese in the traditional way and then cubed it and put it in the soup. It was a warm and delicious winter meal that I can’t wait to make again.

Tomato Soup & Grilled Cheese Croutons


About Tesa Nicolanti

Tésa (pronounced Taysa) is a work-at-home mom who enjoys blogging while raising her family in Detroit, MI. In between naps, Tésa enjoys writing about family life, giving back, food, tech, and travel.

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Comments

  2. Leanora says

    Re: your post on Campbell’s:

    The contest sponsored by Campbell’s Soup (addressyourheart.com) wherein entries were limited to 200 words, has been a complete failure and a slap in the face to all losers. The judges have broken their own rules by choosing an entry submitted by Derrick Simmons (which contained approximately 220 words), which should have been disqualified at the get-go. The rules specifically stated:
    “The Contest invites Eligible Participants to submit a Photograph along with a description of a maximum of 200 words depicting/describing “How do you take care of your heart?”…..[and] “Entries not complying with these Official Rules are subject to disqualification.”
    What is even more inexcusable is that these deceptive rules written up by the Campbell’s lawyer, conveniently created a “get out of jail card” if you will, by making the following obnoxious statement at the tail end of the rule sheet:

    “Entrants agree to abide by the terms of these Official Rules and the decisions of the judges and Sponsor, which are final, and waive any right to claim ambiguity in these Official Rules.”

    Did you catch that? In other words, if the rules state that entries are limited to 200 words, we should not suppose that we ought to take them literally. Apparently, the judges were allowed to define the number 200 in any way they chose should they like an entry more than those who DID follow the rules! And that is exactly what happened. Let it be known however, to the bozos at Campbell’s, that the number 200 is one more than 199, and one less than 201, and that is precisely what any logical thinking person is going to abide by when they embark on entering a contest. It is simply beyond ridiculous (as well as criminal) for Campbell’s to innoculate themselves against any breach of contract charges by warning that if anyone should happen to detect “ambiguity” in these rules, they are not permitted to claim (or sue) that there was any ambiguity in the rules in the first place! This, of course, is ludicrous and Campbell’s is to be condemned for depriving all contestants who followed the rules as clearly stated, their rightful chance at the $50,000 kitchen makeover.
    In my opinion, a class action lawsuit is in order.

  3. Stephanie says

    This looks really yummy. I remember eating grilled cheese and tomato soup when I was a kid, but I haven’t had it in years. Love the healthier soup option.

  4. Doug says

    For all the different soups I try, I’m always disappointed and go back to my 3 childhood faves — Campbell’s Tomato, Chicken Noodle, and Clam Chowder.

  8. ellen beck says

    I have never called them croutons but I have always broken up sandwiches and put them in soups. If you like chili and peanut butter sandwich combo- try grilling a peanut butter and putting them in the same way- you wont reach for crackers again :)

  14. Austin Baroudi says

    This has inspired me to make my girlfriend and daughter grilled cheese and soup for lunch today! Thanks for the post!

  19. Maralea says

    We love Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese! Am going to try your homemade croutons next time! They look really good!

  20. Ashley S says

    Definitely something for everyone to pay attention to! I’m glad Campbells is taking that step!

  21. Heather! says

    It’s amazing how many things into which sodium has been snuck. You really do have to read labels to know for sure. Good lesson, and one I hope most readers will take to heart!

  22. Trisha G. says

    I LOVE Tomato Soup and will definitely keep an eye out for the Campbell’s Healthy Request label next time I’m shopping! The grilled cheese croutons sound (and look) amazing!

  24. Dawn says

    You know, I have to admit that I am not the biggest tomato soup fan, though I love all kinds of other soups….but that looks REALLY good with the grilled cheese croutons in the dark bread {which I have never seen before}. I am really craving that now. :)

    Dawn

  26. Jillian says

    I always turn to Campbell when I am trying to make a quick and healthy meal. This is really nice and the grilled croutons definitely will hit the spot. Thanks for sharing.

  27. Amber Edwards says

    We love Campbell’s soup. I love that many of their flavors are now sodium controlled. That was always a concern of mine with canned soups. But now I have healthier options.

  29. Kari says

    Tomato soup is one of my favorites, especially during the winter months. I try not to have it too often just because of the high sodium level. I will have to check out this Healthy Request version.

  30. deb says

    Yum!! We love tomato soup & grilled cheese. I think making cheese croutons for the top of the soup is a grand idea.

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