Fix my tomato soup or make a new one?! (ingredients, cream, potluck)

[chicagojlo]

Help! I'm supposed to be taking tomato soup to a small potluck lunch today (6 adults and a bunch of babies), and the soup I made last night is really watery.

I don't have any more tomatoes but I have the ingredients on hand for a broccoli cheese soup - would you try to fix the tomato soup or just whip up the broccoli cheese? We're leaving in 3 hours!

[NC~Mom]

I would add milk to the tomato soup, that's the way we eat it. Cream of tomato soup.

[chicagojlo]

I was going to add cream at the destination but will it thicken it sufficiently? I don't like watery soup!

[findinghope]

you are using fresh tomatoes for the soup? i would add tomato paste to it. it will make it more rich and creamy without adding cream

[stevej64]

cook the soup until you get the consistency you like.

[chicagojlo]

I didn't have any tomato paste on hand so I just simmered it a little longer then added the cream when we got there. It was a little watery but not as bad as I thought. Thanks for all the help!