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Creamy Cheesy Broccoli Soup

Creamy Cheesy Broccoli Soup

Kaylee ate a broccoli cheese soup in a bread bowl at Panera Bread one time and then proceeded to beg and beg me to make some. I made my Whole Wheat Bread Bowls, then found a couple of recipes for broccoli cheese soup and combined them.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Servings: 8
Course: Soup
Cuisine: American
Calories: 291
Ingredients Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 pounds broccoli
  • 2 large stalks celery
  • 1 medium onion
  • 3 carrots
  • 2 cups chicken or vegetable stock (I used turkey)
  • 2 cups whole milk
  • 1 teaspoon Kosher or sea salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
  • 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 1 cup half and half (or 1/2 cup milk and 1/2 cup heavy cream)
  • 8 ounces sharp cheddar cheese

Method
 

  1. Chop the vegetables.
  2. Shred the cheese.
  3. Place the vegetables in the stock pot. Add the stock and the milk. Add the salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until vegetables are tender (about 10 minutes).
  4. In the skillet, melt the butter. Whisk in the flour. Cook until bubbly. Slowly add the half and half. Heat, stirring with whisk, until the mixture thickens and almost boils. Add to the vegetables. Slowly stir.
  5. Add the nutmeg.
  6. Stir in the cheese until melted.
  7. At this point you can blend the soup (in batches) until creamy, or you can blend half of it and mix the blended with the not blended, or serve it as is.

Nutrition

Calories: 291kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 14gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 56mgSodium: 656mgPotassium: 609mgFiber: 3gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 4976IUVitamin C: 79mgCalcium: 366mgIron: 1mg

Notes

At the end, I blended the entire soup, but we didn't like the consistency. Doing it again, I'd maybe blend half of it and leave the rest chunky. Serve it in Whole Wheat Bread Bowls. Very high in vitamins A and C, high in calcium and phosphorus.

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