good for a cold

zac gave me his horrible cold (after blaming me for giving it to him for a whole week-- obviously i didn't or i wouldn't have it now. i don't even think what i had before was a cold, it was a cough and phlem from a sterilizer i used on my brew kit). it hit me yesterday at work (while doing a 10hr shift) and by the time i got home i felt horrible. i wasn't going to make it to our band practice (for the second week in a row) but fortunately everyone else (but zac) piked too so it was ok. i decided i wanted soup for second dinner (first dinner was just veggie dogs cuz zac thought we had to leave quick for practice). not just any soup though. i wanted vegan cream of tomato soup. i'd never actually attemped making tomato soup from scratch before and i wasn't sure how to do it but i found a good recipie in how it all vegan for not just any vegan tomato soup but one that's probably great for colds cuz it had LOTS of garlic (6 cloves) and cayenne pepper plus drinking lots of fluids is probably good too. it was really simple to make and we had all the ingredients so i made that. just onion, garlic, salt, dill, cayenne pepper, olive oil (to cook the onion and garlic in), can of crush tomatoes or diced up fresh ones, vege stock or water, sweetener, soy milk and diced fresh tomatoes for garnish. i think i'll make anther batch tomorrow to try to knock the cold right out of both of us.