Broccoli Cheddar Soup

Belllavoie — 2009-03-21T13:44:59Z

Broccoli and Cheddar Soup

Prep Time: 10 Minutes

Cook Time: 30 Minutes

Ready In: 40 Minutes

Servings: 6

Ingredients:

1/4 cup butter

1 onion, cut into medium dice

4 cloves fresh garlic, minced

½ cup grated carrot

1 stalk chopped celery

½ teaspoon ground white pepper

½ teaspoon ground mustard

1 lb fresh chopped broccoli

1 gold potato, medium dice

Dash hot pepper sauce

1 quart chicken broth

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1 1/2 cups whole or 2% milk

salt to taste

8 ounces shredded sharp Cheddar cheese

2 slices pepper jack cheese

¼ cup grated parmesan cheese

Garnish

2 slices crisp cooked bacon, crumbled

Directions:

Melt butter over medium heat in a stockpot. Cook onion in butter until softened. Add garlic, carrot, celery, ground mustard and pepper; cook for 1 minute, then stir in broccoli and potato. Stir in chicken broth. Bring to a boil and simmer until broccoli and potatoes are tender, 10 to 15 minutes.

Meanwhile whisk flour into milk until dissolved. Stir into soup stirring frequently until thickened. Reduce heat, and stir in cheese until melted and heated through.

Season with salt to taste. Garnish with crumbled cooked bacon.

Beth's Quick Rotisserie Chicken and Wonton Noodle Soup

Belllavoie — 2009-03-21T13:42:07Z

Quick Rotisserie Chicken and Wonton Noodle Soup

This is a quick soup, created from ingredients from the grocery salad bar and deli counter

Amounts required are â€œto tasteâ€ and depend on how many servings you are making

Ingredients:

1 Rotisserie chicken, shred chicken and discard skin and bones

2 (48 oz) cartons of chicken broth, low fat, low sodium

Bok-Choy, coarsely chopped

1 package of wontons, cut into wide strips (3 pcs per wonton)

From the salad bar at the grocery store

Chopped celery

Julienned carrots

Shredded cabbage

Pea pods

Instructions

Combine broth, celery, carrots and cabbage, bring to a boil. Drop won ton skins one at a time into boiling broth (if you add them all at once, they will stick together) Add chicken, pea pods and bok-choy to the broth. Serve hot.

The vegetables should be crisp, don't over cook.

Renewal Soup

Broccoli Cheddar Soup

Broccoli and Cheddar Soup

Beth's Quick Rotisserie Chicken and Wonton Noodle Soup