Cream of Celery Soup

All-Natural-Nut's Note:

great way to use up wilted celery; tastes fantastic; easy to make because it all gets blended with a blender!

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1/2 cup onion, chopped
• 5 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 lb celery & leaves, chopped
• 2 medium potatoes, chopped
• 2 cups chicken broth or 2 cups vegetable broth
• 1 cup milk or 1 cup buttermilk or 1 cup kefir
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon white pepper

Directions:

1. in a large dutch oven, saute onion til translucent.
2. add garlic and saute just a couple minutes.
3. add the rest of the ingredients and cook 20 minutes or until potatoes are soft.
4. puree ingredients with a stick blender
5. add water or milk to thin (or cream if you wish!).

Reviews

[Lbryda]

I didn't have any broth on hand so I added in a few spices, allspice, thyme, salt and pepper. I also ended up adding the juice of one lemon in the end and really enjoyed it!

[Sydney Mike]

Made this recipe using a homemade veggie broth as well as lemon pepper for the usual S&P! Also used buttermilk instead of either of the 2 alternatives & was very pleased with the results! This will make a nice addition to my soup selections! Thanks for sharing! [Tagged, made & reviewed for one of my adoptees in the current Pick A Chef]

[Maven in the Making]

This was really good! I must give my review with the qualifier that I started in to the recipe thinking I had enough celery, but I didn't. I increased the diced potatoes - so I suppose it might more correctly have been a Cream of Potato Soup, but I wanted to affirm that this simple recipe is really quite tasty and tangy and delicious. I, in fact, was so happy to use up some of my homemade kefir and find another use for it! (If you don't know about this extremely healthy yogurt-like drink packed with probiotics and good bacteria that are even more powerful and aggressive than the ones in yogurt, find someone with some extra "grains" (the starter) that will share with you. It's as easy as making a cup of tea!) Thanks for this recipe!

**Update** Just made this again and enjoyed it just as much. Even my son, who does not like celery!, liked it and ate seconds!!