TOMATO SOUP WITH CHEDDAR DILL POPCORN AND REUBEN SALAD

Steps:

• Gather your ingredients.
• For the tomato soup: Peel onion and chop, crush the garlic and chop.
• In a soup pot over medium to medium-high heat, melt butter into EVOO, 2 turns of the pan. Add the onions and garlic to the pot, season with salt, pepper, pimenton, oregano or marjoram and red chili flakes. Partially cover and soften 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, for the Reuben salad: In a mixing bowl, combine sour cream, ketchup, relish, Worcestershire, salt and pepper.
• Core and quarter the lettuce and thinly slice each quarter wedge.
• Stack and slice the deli meats and cheese into 1-inch wide strips.
• To the soup pot, add sugar or honey and stock and bring to boil for 5 minutes. Add stewed tomatoes and fire-roasted tomatoes, simmer 10 minutes more.
• Combine cheese powder with dill and celery seed.
• Pop the popcorn in paper bag, rolled up at the top, about 1/4 cup at a time, on high in microwave, about 2 1/2 minutes. (Or cook corn in 2 tablespoons oil in covered pot over medium-high heat.) Transfer popped corn to a large bowl and top with melted butter and a little salt. Toss with cheese and dill topping.
• Arrange the sliced lettuce on a large plate. Top with meats and cheese and dressing, then garnish with a few slices of deli pickles. Puree the soup with immersion blender. Stir cream if using into soup and serve. Place soup bowls alongside the soup.