Cream Of Broccoli Soup But Lower Fat Recipes

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onions and 1/2 teaspoon salt and cook until light brown, about 7 minutes. Add the celery, garlic and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and cook for 5 minutes. Add the potatoes, 4 cups water and 1/2 teaspoon salt, raise the heat to high and bring to a boil. Return the heat to medium, cover and cook until the potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes. Add the broccoli, cover and cook until the broccoli is bright green, about 5 minutes.
• Transfer the soup to a blender; add the soy milk and puree until smooth, leaving the filler cap slightly open to let steam escape (or puree the soup in the pot with an immersion blender). Return the soup to the saucepan and bring to a simmer; stir in the nutritional yeast and nutmeg. Add water if needed to adjust consistency and add salt and pepper to taste.

Steps:

• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in medium sized stock pot, and saute onion and celery until tender. Add broccoli and broth, cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Pour the soup into a blender, filling the pitcher no more than halfway full. Hold down the lid of the blender with a folded kitchen towel, and carefully start the blender, using a few quick pulses to get the soup moving before leaving it on to puree. Puree in batches until smooth and pour into a clean pot. Alternately, you can use a stick blender and puree the soup right in the cooking pot.
• In small saucepan, over medium-heat melt 3 tablespoons butter, stir in flour and add milk. Stir until thick and bubbly, and add to soup. Season with pepper and serve.

Steps:

• In a medium pot, melt butter over medium. Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 8 minutes.
• Add flour and cook, stirring, until combined, 1 minute.
• Whisking constantly, add broth and 1 cup water and bring to a boil over high. Reduce heat and simmer, whisking occasionally, 10 minutes.
• Add broccoli and bring to a simmer. Cook until broccoli is very tender, 20 minutes.
• Transfer mixture to a large bowl. In batches, fill a blender halfway with mixture and puree until smooth; to allow heat to escape, remove cap from hole in lid, cover lid with a dish towel, and hold down firmly while blending. Return soup to pot as pureed.
• Add cream and heat over medium until warmed through. Season with salt and pepper. Thin with broth or water, if desired.

Steps:

• Combine chicken broth, cream cheese, Cheddar cheese, butter, and onion flakes in a large pot over medium heat; cook and stir until smooth, 3 to 5 minutes. Add heavy cream and chicken; bring to a gentle simmer.
• Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil. Add broccoli, cover, and steam until tender, 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a colander to drain excess moisture.
• Pour chicken broth mixture into a slow cooker; add broccoli.
• Cook on Low until flavors combine, about 4 hours.

Steps:

• Combine broth, water, broccoli and onion (carrots if using) and bring to a boil in a large saucepan.
• Reduce heat to simmer for 15 minute.
• (if you choose you can puree 1/2 or all of soup mixture at this point in a blender) I do 1/2 as I like the chunks of broccoli in my sup.
• Slowly add evaporated milk to soup mixture or med.-low heat stirring as you add. Add pepper and cheese.
• Let cool a few minutes then serve.
• add additional pepper to taste.
• this is good as a left over as well.

Steps:

• Take one bunch of the broccoli and cut the florets away from the stalks; cut the florets into slivers lengthwise and set aside.
• Finely chop the stalks and remaining broccoli; place in a medium non-stick saucepan.
• Add the vegetable broth, onions, shredded carrots and garlic.
• Cover and cook, stirring often for 6 to 8 minutes.
• Add the reserved broccoli florets.
• Cook, stirring, 2 to 4 minutes, or until the florets are bright green.
• Whisk in the milk and creamer.
• Bring to a near boil over medium heat.
• Hold a large fine sieve over the saucepan; add the flour to the sieve and shake into the soup, whisk to incorporate.
• Cook over low heat, stirring often for 3 to 5 miutes, or until the soup becomes thick.
• Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• Serve each bowl with a tablespoon of shredded fat-free cheddar on top.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat; saute onion& garlic until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Peel the broccoli stalks& cut into 1/2 inch rounds; saute, stirring occasionally for an additional 5 minutes.
• Stir in broth, water, oats& seasonings; bring to a boil, reduce heat& simmer for about 15 minutes or until broccoli is tender.
• Being careful with this hot liquid, puree in batches in a blender; return to the pot& test for seasonings.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the broccoli, onion and broth; simmer for 10-15 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Puree half of the mixture in a blender; return to the saucepan. , In a small bowl, combine cornstarch and 3 tablespoons of milk until smooth. Gradually add remaining milk. Stir into the broccoli mixture. Bring to a boil; boil and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.