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Quick and Healthy Broccoli Soup Lunch – in Just 15 Minutes

Quick and easy broccoli soup served in white bowls with toasted sliced baguette topped with cheese.
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If a big bowl of steaming broccoli isn’t necessarily your idea of comfort food, wait till you try this soup.

Ingredients

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For the soup:

  • 1 large head of broccoli
  • 2–3 Stalks Celery

  • 1 large shallot

  • 1 clove garlic

  • 2 cups vegetable broth (or chicken broth)

  • 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes

  • Salt to taste

  • Pepper to taste

  • 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil (and some for drizzling on top of the soup)

For the bread:

  • Baguette

  • Cheese (we used gruyére but you could also use sharp cheddar cheese if you prefer)

Instructions

For the soup:

  1. Thinly slice the shallots.
  2. Mince the garlic clove.
  3. Trim off the broccoli stems, break the broccoli florets apart.
  4. Heat the olive oil over medium heat and add the shallots, garlic, red pepper flakes, salt, pepper, and thyme leaves. Cook until shallots are soft and starting to brown.
  5. Add the broccoli florets to the Dutch oven, pour in the vegetable stock, stir, and simmer for approximately 15 minutes or until the broccoli is fork tender.
  6. When done, pour the contents from the Dutch oven into a food processor and blend. All the flavors will come together.
  7. Pour the blended soup back into the Dutch oven, taste, and add more salt and pepper if needed. You’ll have a creamy texture without adding any butter, cream, cheese, or sour cream.
  8. Serve with a drizzle of olive on top.

For the bread:

  1. Slice the baguette on the diagonal into thin pieces.
  2. Grate the cheese and top each slice of bread with it.
  3. Place under the broiler until the cheese has melted and the edges of the baguette begin to brown.
  4. Serve the soup in small bowls on a plate and add a few slices of baguette to each plate and enjoy a healthy, heart-warming winter lunch!

If you have leftovers, place them in an airtight container and refrigerate. Or, you could store it in the freezer and save for a few weeks.

Notes

If you don’t have a food processor, you could use an immersion blender but you would need to chop broccoli into very small pieces.

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