Broccoli Soup

In my vegetable garden I have several huge heads of broccoli and ever since they were the size of a pinhead, with nothing to show but many long spreading leaves, I have had them marked.  I have them marked not for the dinner plate, but for the dinner bowl.  These plants are destined for Broccoli Soup!!Yeah!

Broccoli soup is so creamy, so yummy, so flavoursome, so.... droolish.  With a piece of garlic toast it is a masterpiece; especially so because I know my broccoli has been organically grown and not a single chemical has ever touched its delicate little foliage.  I also know that its nutritional content, which is considerable, has been unharmed.  If, however, I did not have organically grown, I would still make and eat it because I love it so much and because it is still so nutritious. If you buy broccoli look for the dark-green firm broccoli and wash it well to remove the chemicals.  A bit of vinegar in the water helps.

I picked my broccoli this morning whilst the ground was still wet with dew, and before the day is out it will be made into delicious broccoli soup.  Because of the quickness, I know that all those nutritional benefits are still there, ready for me to gollop down with garlic toast, curled up beside a warm, toasty fire.  Ah, bliss.

You might like to make a bowl of Broccoli Soup so here is a recipe that has been handed down from Grandma to Mum to Daughter so it has been truly tried and tested.


Broccoli Soup:

You will need:

Olive or coconut oil
1 brown onion, diced.
2 potatoes cut up into small cubes.

Enough chicken stock to cover the vegetables.
2-4 heads of broccoli cut into small pieces.  The amount depends upon the size of the heads.
Salt and Pepper to taste.
A slosh of your type of milk for creaminess and taste.


So, get a deepish saucepan and saute the diced onion in the olive or coconut oil.  They should sweat rather than fry so use a coolish heat.

Add the cubed potatoes to the sauteed onions, turn up the heat and stir for a while.

Add the stock to cover the potatoes and onions.  Simmer together until the potatoes start to soften.

Now, add the broccoli pieces and top up with stock. If you add them earlier they will stew and not be as nice to the taste or sight.  They will stay much greener this way and the soup will be green. Simmer together until the broccoli softens.

Add salt and pepper

Use a handheld processor stick to whizz the whole lot up until it is smooth and creamy looking.

Add a slosh of your type of milk.

 And now, only now, do you get to eat it :)


I thought I would leave you with this thought - when Kermit said, "It's not easy being green," do you think he meant broccoli?  I do hope not.

Until next time, here's to your very good health.

Linda.