Saturday, February 9, 2013

Cream of Broccoli Soup

This soup was born out of a head of broccoli that was in the fridge needing to be used quickly! 
It is so much more tastier AND healthier than the cream soups you will find at a local restaurant. 
It also packs more punch in fiber and has so much more broccoli in it! 
I hope to try this with cawliflower in the future.  I've tried my best to come up with measurements on this but it's a pretty indefinite recipe depending on how large your broccoli size is. 
I'm sure it will work well smaller or larger! 
Oil
1 large bunch of broccoli 
5 Tbsp of flour (or 6 if you like thicker soup)
6 Tsp Chicken Bouillon
3 cups Milk
3 cups water
Cream Cheese
Chop up onion~
Saute in oil till golden brown. 
Cut the stem off the broccoli and discard.   Run the broccoli through a food processor.  If you don't have a processor just chop it up.  Your end result will probably be much chunkier. 
Add broccoli to pot.  Add more oil and saute broccoli. 
Add about 5 spoons (Tbsp) of flour. 
Over medium heat stir flour in and cook till the flour mixture starts to stick on the bottom and turns brown.  The flour will thicken the soup later on when liquids are added. 
Add 6 tsp of chicken bouillon.  (1 tsp for every cup of liquid that will be added later)
Stir broth in.  Add 3 cups of milk and 3 cups water. 
Keep heat on medium and cook till thickened. 
Add 1 block of cream cheese and stir till melted and warmed through. 
Yummy with homemade bread!
Enjoy!

By the way,  I've tried this with grated cheese and it the texture wasn't as good as the cream cheese. 
I say cream cheese for sure! 


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12 comments:

  1. Lil, your not going to belive this!!! I Kidd you not!!! Just this evening at the dinner table my husband and I where talking about how much we love Broccoli and cheese soup!!! He was eating some that I had made him, (out of a can, (Pragresso") and how it tast nothing like the real thing! I promised him I'd look on the web for a good recipe, and make him some home made!! And low and behold!! I open up my inbox, click on a link, and what do you reckon is the very first thing I see!!!? Exactly! A recipe FOR Broccoli and Cheese SOUP!!! Now imagine that!!! Come on now, tell the truth............................Are you some kind of Angel or Something!!!! WOW! That was too Cool!! ........Thank you Jesus! Now if you will only help me make this soup turn out right when I make it, that be great Father!! WOW! I'm tickled! Thanks Lil! <3

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  2. I hope it tastes as good as sweet as your comment is Michelle! ;)

    Thank you so much for stopping by and it's always nice to have new friends!!! (((hugz)))

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  3. I just came here via SSS...I had to see and read about your recipe.
    I was at the grocer today--they put 'iffy' veggies in a buggie in the produce section Mark it down and sell it! I didn't buy any; but they had about 4 small bunches of broccoli there in the buggie! I think cream of broccoli soup would be wonderful on a cold day!
    Thanks for sharing this...I'm pinning it for future reference!
    I think this is a first for me to visit your blog...so I'm heading off to have a look around!

    so nice to meet you,Pat

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  4. Thanks so much for stopping by Pat! I hope you enjoy it!

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  5. Thanks so much Manuela for stopping by!

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  6. Thanks for stopping by my blog....I love Broccoli and Cheese soup. I've never attempted to make it myself though, thanks for sharing your recipe

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  7. My favorite soup! Thank you so much for sharing this on The Creative HomeAcre Hop! I hope to see you again tomorrow! Here's the link:
    http://www.theselfsufficienthomeacre.com/2013/02/the-creative-homeacre-hop-3.html

    Have a wonderful weekend!

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  8. Thank you Ches for stopping by! So glad you dropped in!

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  9. Thank you Lisa Lynn for stopping by and allowing me to network with other bloggers!

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  10. Thanks for the recipe! This is one of my hubby's favorite soups. I might just have to surprise him and make this recipe! Thank you for sharing it with us at TTF.

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