You’ll make this easy broccoli soup recipe in around 20-30 minutes with very simple, but tasty ingredients. Some of them include broccoli yes, but also potatoes, parmesan cheese and onion!
It is broccoli season and I think we should all eat more of it. Well, that’s what I tell myself every time I see this green vegetable in the fridge while reaching for something else. If I’m quiet enough, I sometimes hear it let out a sigh.
“Sorry, it’s not your time, broccoli. You’re just not yellow enough yet.”
And I buy the three broccoli heads on sale with the best intentions.
“This week, I will eat so much broccoli and I’m excited because it’s full of vitamin K, C, folate, fiber, protein, magnesium and those anti-inflammatory, detoxifying and anti-cancer sulfur compounds everyone’s talking about“.
Well, later, somehow those things mean nothing to me. I procrastinate on that broccoli as if it’s organizing my drawers or cleaning up.
With stories like these, no wonder the last comment I got was, and I quote:
“I don’t want to read your novels, get to the recipe. Fuck you”
Okay, at this point, we’re all wondering when am I going to get to the part where I tell about why you should make this broccoli soup and not throw that tree-looking cruciferous vegetable in the garbage. Or bury it in your backyard like I do with the peels and other produce leftovers. It’s my version of compost.
Well, make this broccoli soup, because it’s good and it’s healthy and it tastes wonderful. Trust me I will buy broccoli again. And cabbage and cauliflower. And I’ll make things like this soup. Very likely it will be this exact soup.
These vegetables do make us healthier and they’re delicious and cheap. Especially in soups, stews and stir-fries and sometimes I like them in salads as well. So, yes, eat more of them. Even if you think you don’t feel like it right now, once you have some – you will realize having it’s actually good. And having something healthy was a good decision after all.
How To Make This Easy Broccoli Soup
Step one. Prepare your ingredients. That means wash the broccoli, break into florets. Then peel the potatoes and the onion and chop them as well. The chopping doesn’t need to be thinly or professional, as we’re going to puree everything in the end anyway.
Next, add salt, pepper, potatoes, onion, stock or water to a cooking pot. You will need to cover the vegetables to about halfway with stock or water (whatever you have!) If using water add a good pinch of salt, then bring to a boil.
Once boiling, reduce the heat to medium and cook for 15 more minutes.
Then add in the broccoli and cook for 5 more minutes or until the potatoes are fully cooked.
Remove the cooking pot from the heat, add in parmesan cheese and blend with an immersion blender until smooth.
Do a taste test, add salt, pepper and more Parmesan cheese to taste if desired.
Serve as is or with croutons, freshly ground black pepper, toasted pumpkin seeds or more Parmesan on top!
More Healthy Soup Recipes
Well, I hope you enjoy this healthy broccoli soup and use up the fall produce including broccoli to make delicious meals for your family or yourself! And if you want you can use broccoli in some of these soups as well, just add the florets 5 minutes before you take the soup off the stove. That way they will still be nice and have a good bite to them.
Easy Broccoli Soup
Make this easy broccoli soup recipe for dinner tonight in around 20-30 minutes with very simple healthy ingredients including broccoli, potatoes and Parmesan cheese.
Ingredients
- 4 cups broccoli florets
- 3 cups potatoes, chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 1/2 cups stock or water or until 1/2 way
- 1/2 - 2/3 cup parmesan cheese
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Prepare your ingredients. So, wash the broccoli, break into florets. Then peel the potatoes and the onion and chop them as well. Chop roughly, as we're going to puree everything in the end anyway.
- Next, add potatoes, salt, pepper, onion, stock or water to a cooking pot. You will need to cover the vegetables to about halfway with stock or water (whatever you have!) If using water add a good pinch of salt, then bring to a boil.
- Once boiling, reduce the heat to medium and cook for 15 minutes.
- Then add in the broccoli and cook for 5-6 more minutes or until the potatoes are fully cooked.
- Remove the cooking pot from the heat, add in parmesan cheese and blend with an immersion blender until smooth.
- Do a taste test, add salt, pepper and more Parmesan cheese to taste if desired.
- Serve as is or with croutons, freshly ground black pepper, toasted pumpkin seeds or more Parmesan on top!
Nutrition Information
Yield
4Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 270Total Fat 5gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 2gCholesterol 12mgSodium 519mgCarbohydrates 46gFiber 8gSugar 7gProtein 13g