3 roasted tomato soup herb croutons Recipes

onions, peeled and sliced into thin wedges, evoo , for liberal drizzling, fresh thyme leaves, salt and freshly ground black pepper, heads garlic, ends trimmed to expose cloves, sweet red peppers, chicken stock, fire roasted tomatoes, passata or tomato sauce, dried herbes de provence , half a palmful, a few leaves fresh basil , torn, softened butter, white bread, gruyere cheese, thinly sliced

whole canned tomatoes, water, chicken stock, extra virgin olive oil, plus extra for drizzling, chopped shallots (use onion for pasta sauce) or 1/2 cup yellow onion (use onion for pasta sauce), sea salt (to taste) or 3 tsp kosher salt (to taste), fresh ground pepper, fresh parsley or 1 cup fresh basil, olive oil, canola oil, crusty bread, cut into 1/2 inch cubes, garlic cloves, crushed, cayenne, salt and pepper, cumin (optional)