Autumn Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese

Grilled cheese sandwiches served with cup of tomato soup is a delicious meal anytime of the year but in the autumn season when the weather starts to turn cold this combination meal sure tastes good.

Tomato soup and grilled cheese was a staple food when I was growing up. We resided in a cold climate and this food combination fueled our bodies with the energy we needed. I enjoyed eating grilled cheese and tomato soup for lunch on a cold or cool autumn or winter day.

My Dad made grilled cheese with white bread and yellow American cheese. The two slices of bread had butter on one side and he would add two slices of yellow American cheese in-between the bread slices before grilling both sides of the bread in a cast iron skillet. The sandwiches were always served with a cup of Campbell’s tomato soup. 

I grew up eating grilled cheese and tomato soup but when I got married my husband put a stop to this classic soup and sandwich combo. Know that I still eat grilled cheese but husband makes his different from the classic version.

He makes grilled cheese using 1 slice of Sergento’s sharp cheddar cheese, 1 slice of Munster cheese and a slice of beefsteak tomato, sometimes he will add bacon and sometimes he will use sour dough or rosemary herb bread butter. My husband does not use a cast iron skillet, he makes his sandwiches in his non-stick electric grill.

He serves grilled cheese with with tomato basil soup that he makes from scratch. I like the new grilled cheese sandwich and also like the classic soup and sandwich the both taste delicious and is a perfect meal to serve on a cool or cold day in Autumn.

View this videos below for classic tomato soup recipe and the classic grilled cheese

Autumn Season Decor Ideas

For the past three days I have been packing up my summer home decorations because I am in the mood for fall and plan to decorate my home this weekend for the upcoming season.

Autumn is the season when the days and nights are cool and the leaves on the trees change to symbolize that summer is over and winter is coming soon. I love the trees when the leaves change and also enjoy decorating my home for the autumn season.

Warm earthy colors like gold, orange, brown, ginger, and pomegranate will be featured in home accessories. The colors will add a cozy ambiance to my home and make it feel welcoming. 

When I decorate my home for the autumn season I will always add home accents to my living spaces; living room, kitchen, dining area, and guest bathroom. In addition, the front porch will get a fall makeover. An autumn wreath for the door, a few pumpkins on the front steps and a welcoming doormat.

I found some doormats with fall designs and thought that would look nice.

Here are few of my Zazzle finds

Seasonal Fall Harvest Welcome Sign Family Pumpkins Doormat

by EverythingWedding

Autumn Oak Leaves Doormat

by SimplyBoutiques

Another way to decorate for the autumn season is to add autumn color to your living room by hanging a few framed posters on your walls, then add fall pattern pillow to your sofa and draped on the back of your sofa add a cozy blanket. Choose colors and prints that are complimentary. By adding a few key home accessories you will update your home forthe autumn season.

Here are some autumn home decorations that you may like

Fall Style Pumpkin and Leaves Dark Green Throw Pillow

by Susang6

These posters were created from my original photographs of the

 nature trails in Bentonville Arkansas.

Then for your coffee table add an autumn season centerpiece that features chrysanthemums and a few votive candles for extra ambiance. Drape autumn leaves garland across your fireplace mantle. 

These are just a few ideas that you can use when you are decorating your home for the autumn season.

Favorite Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie Recipe

If you like peanut butter than I know you will enjoy this pie recipe. It is easy to make and will be enjoyed by your family. They will wipe the dessert plate clean and ask for a second slice of pie.

This recipe is from my childhood, my mother loved chocolate and would make scrumptious desserts for me and my siblings when we were kids. We all loved peanut butter and chocolate and her pie recipe combined these two ingredients and golly this pie sure was delicious.  I really enjoyed a slice a pie after playing in the leaf pile in the fall or after sleigh riding in the winter.  It was the perfect comfort food and yes one of my favorite desserts.

 I thought I would always have access to my mom's recipes but when she passed away the recipes went with her because she made everything from memory. Then the other day my brother mentioned that he made chocolate peanut butter pie for his kids and that they all loved it.

When I asked him about the recipe, he told me that it was our mothers and that he had found it in one of her old cookbooks, written in pencil on an index card. I was delighted to know that I could make my mothers pie recipe, the same pie that she made for me when I was a kid.

This pie is very heavy and chocolaty so I always make it in the fall because I think of it as comfort food. You can make it any time during the year but for me, I prefer the fall and winter season.

Here's what you will need to make this delicious pie.

1 eight-ounce package of cream cheese; softened at room temperature

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 ¼ cup smooth peanut butter

1 cup confectioner sugar

1 8 ounce container of cool whip 

1 9 inch graham cracker crust pie shell / you can buy the chocolate crust also

½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

3 tablespoons whole milk

1. In a large bowl add the cream cheese, vanilla, and peanut butter and blend together with a mixer.
2. Add the confectioner sugar and mix all ingredients before adding the cool whip topping and blend all ingredients.
3. Pour the pie filling into the graham crust pie shell. Use a spatial to smooth the top of the pie.
4. In a saucepan add 3 tablespoons of the whole milk along with the chocolate chips. Melt the chocolate chips on low heat. Stir the chocolate constantly. When completely melted remove from heat and let cool before drizzling it on the top of the peanut butter pie.
5. Put the pie in the refrigerator for two hours before serving.

Here is another no-bake pie recipe that you may like