Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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  5        Tablespoons  Butter
     1/2           Cup  Onion -- Chopped
  4        Tablespoons  Flour
  4               Cups  Milk
     1/2                Bay Leaf
  1 1/2      Teaspoons  Sugar
  1 1/2      Teaspoons  Salt
     1/2      Teaspoon  Baking Soda
  3               Cups  Tomatoes -- Diced

Preparation:

Melt the butter in a soup pot. Add the onion and cook over medium heat, stirring, until the onion is softened by not browned. Sprinkle the flour over the butter mixture and continue to stir and cook for 1-2 minutes. Slowly add the milk, bay leaf, sugar and salt and continue to cook and stir until slightly thickened. Stir the baking soda into the tomatoes. Add the tomatoes to the milk, and bring just to a simmer. Remove from the heat and put through a strainer. Taste and correct seasonings. Reheat before serving.

Nutritional Information:

232 Calories (kcal); 15g Total Fat; (58% calories from fat); 7g Protein; 18g Carbohydrate; 48mg Cholesterol; 824mg Sodium