Best Cheese and Broccoli Soup!

OK here is my favorite soup to make, and the children's favorite soup to eat! If my daughter found out it had broccoli in it I don't know if she would eat it anymore, but so far she loves this stuff! I have also made it for the children I watch during the day and they now ask for it every time they come over. 

Ingredients

• 2 tbs of extra virgin olive oil
• 1 cup of chopped carrots
• 2 stalks of celery, diced
• 2 cloves of garlic, minced
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 4 potatoes, skinned and quartered
• 6 cups of chicken stock
• 2 cups of broccoli, chopped into small pieces, put stalks aside
• 1/2 cup of milk (I use organic unsweetened coconut milk beverage)
• 1 1/4 cup of shredded cheddar cheese, reserve 1/4 cup for sprinkling on top
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions 

Heat up your olive oil on medium in a large pot. Add carrots, celery, garlic and onion to the pot and let cook until onions turn translucent. Add your potatoes, broccoli stalks and chicken stock. Turn up your heat to high until soup starts to boil, then turn it down to medium to keep a simmer. Let cook for 1/2 hour. You may want to put a lid on almost all the way just so that you don't lose too much liquid.

Once that has simmered for a half hour, add the rest of your broccoli and let simmer for another 5 minutes. Next you want to transfer you soup into a food processer and put in on high for 30 seconds or until all of your soup is a puree consistency. While your soup being pureed iin the food processor add your milk to it. 

Pour soup back in pot on and return to med-low heat. Add your cup of shredded cheddar along with salt and pepper. Stir until well combined. Serve with sprinkled cheese on top.

I hope you enjoy this, I make a big batch of it on the weekend and have it throughout the week, I don't ever seem to get bored of this one!

Nutritional Facts

Based on 8 servings

Calories 227

Total Fat 7.8g