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Soup is good food, but Broccoli Cheese Soup is great food! As a kid I used to run around our house singing/screaming that slogan from the Campbell’s Soup commercials. That just may be one of the silly things kids do, but in my case the sentiment really stuck as I still adore soup. When it’s cold outside, few things make me feel as good as the smell emanating from a steaming bowl of heart warming soup.
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I’m sure many have been the times when you’ve still been so hungry after finishing a good bowl of soup that you say you could even eat the bowl. Well, have you ever had soup in a bread bowl? The first time I experienced it was as a kid at my aunt’s house in Louisville and it just seemed so creative to me. The concept of having your meal in an edible bowl can really be magical for a young eater, as I found out when I presented my kids each with their own bread bowls filled to the brim with soup.
Broccoli Cheese Soup
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1 small onion, diced
- 4 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 2 cup whole milk
- 1 cup half and half
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 heads broccoli, cut into florets
- 1/4 cup chicken broth
- 1 1/2 cups grated sharp cheddar cheese
- bread loaves for bowls (you can buy them at nice bakeries or Trader Joe's)
Instructions
- In a large pot over medium heat, melt the butter. Add the onion and cook 3 to 4 minutes.
- Sprinkle the flour on top of the onion, and use a whisk to work in the flour. Once it’s combined, cook the onion-flour mixture for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add the milk and half-and-half, whisking constantly until combined.
- Sprinkle in the salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
- Stir the broccoli florets into the soup. Cover the pot and reduce the heat to low, then simmer the soup until it’s thickened and the broccoli is tender, 20 to 25 minutes.
- Stir in the chicken broth and check the consistency. The soup should be thick, but if it still seems too thick, splash in a little more broth.
- Add the cheese and stir until melted. Serve the soup in bread bowls.
Notes
- For a smoother soup, use an immersion blender to puree the soup before adding the cheese.
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Looks yummy!
My favourite? A close tie between my grandma’s pumpkin pie and my sister-in-law’s stuffing. Yum! Thank you so much for the great contest!!
Corn and oyster casserole.
Sweet Potato Casserole..dessert during dinner!!
Would love to win a cookbook. Love the Pioneer Woman show and think she is wonderful . Like seeing the children and hubby on the ranch. Oh and the dogs are a hoot!
My Step Mother’s corn casserole is always a big hit!
Thanks for the chance to win Bree’s new book. I enjoyed looking @ your blog. Your kids are cute and I like the fact that your cookbook has so many tabs in it. Happy Holidays!
the rum cake I make and the run icing . the dressing that my mom make for us .
One of my favorite Thanksgiving recipes is Chicken N Dressing. I boil a whole chicken and take the meat off the bone. I make a pan of regular cornbread. Crumble the cornbread, add a few slices of day old bread, add some boiled eggs, a can of cream of chicken, chopped onion, sage and salt and pepper to taste, a stick of melted butter and enough chicken broth to make it moisten it. Then add the chicken. Then I put it in a greased dutch oven pan and bake it for 25 minutes or until lightly brown on top at 400 degrees. My mom always added a chopped apple to hers. Delicious! So I would like to win one of Ree’s cookbooks. Thank you!
So many favorites to choose from. Sweet Potato Casserole if I have to chose just one!
Strawberry Dessert! It is a staple at our Thanksgiving and I can’t wait!!!!
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Love the show and “down home” atmosphere. I’m a farm girl so I can really relate. By the way, the recipes are darn good also!!!
my moms stuffing at Thanksgiving is a must have. She doesn’t have a recipe written down, I’ll have to write it down while I watch her make it this year.
Cornbread stuffing.