Fresh Tomato Soup Rye Bread as Thickener

This is a very quick tomato soup to make.
You simply take a few fresh tomatoes and
cook them down with your seasonings.
Thicken this soup using sliced bread.
I like rye bread with caraway seeds,
it gives this a nice pleasant flavor.

Ingredients:
8 plum tomatoes
1 celery stalk, chopped fine
garlic powder
onion powder
black pepper
salt
water
2 slices rye bread, chopped

Directions:
Wash tomatoes, stem and cut up.
Place in a saucepan along with
finely choppe celery and whatever
dried or fresh seasonings you wish.
Bring to a boil then reduce to simmer,
stir and simmer until tomatoes give
up their juices and are limp.
Remove from heat and using an
immersion blender puree into a soup.
Add rye bread and blend to thicken soup.
Adjust seasonings to taste.
Let sit 15 minutes before serving.