Cream of Celery Soup(low-Fat)

Submitted by Norahs Girl

"A lovely way to use celery!Very summery I often serve it sprinkled with a garnish of fresh coriander Leaves."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 19.71 ml butter
• 946.36 ml diced celery
• 236.59 ml diced onion
• 2 chicken stock cubes
• 19.71 ml plain flour
• 473.18 ml low-fat milk or 473.18 ml skim milk
• freshly ground black pepper

directions

1. In a large saucepan,heat butter til bubbly,add celery,onion and stock cubes and stir til well combined.
2. Reduce heat and cover,and let simmer for 10 minutes til veggies are tender.
3. Sprinkle flour over veggie mixture stirring constantly,until mixture thickens.
4. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
5. Puree 1/2 the mixture then return to pan,rewarm stirring til well combined.

Reviews

[Rameses]

This was really good. I also added thyme, and added a little garlic powder. I used vegetable bullion instead of chicken as I am a strict vegetarian. It was for this reason I also used soymilk instead of regular milk. Something else I did differently was I had already steamed some celery, so I just threw that in when the onions were done.

 

[Couperine]

What a nice recipe!! It tastes good as is, and it will taste wonderful in the chicken dish I'm about to prepare. I added 2 sliced cloves of garlic to the saute mixture as well as 1/4 t. kosher salt and 1/2 t. dried thyme. It took 6 large stalks of celery for me to get 4 cups. I pureed everything - the flavors mix so much better that way. Delicious! Makes 4 1-cup servings

 

[Chef Reg Jones]

found this soup to be very good and better still very healthy.I would tell everyone to try it and maybe add a bit more celery .I used 4 sticks and the leaves.Wife wants me to make it again soon.She took it for lunch 2 days in a row... Enjoy...Reg

 

[micdeajones]

This is a nice recipe. I added a few items for flavor, and instead of 4 cups of milk, I used 2 cups of low-fat organic milk and 2 cups of organic soy milk and it worked out fine. I also added chopped bell peppers, 2 garlic cloves, and some seasoning salt for taste. It came out great. It's a really nice and healthy use for celery.

 

[Missy Wombat]

I personally found this a bit bland for my tastes using the fake 'chicken' stock as I am vegetarian. However the 15 month old ate this with gusto and even his picky sister [age 4] could be convinced to take a few bites. I didn't puree the mixture either as I prefer a chunky soup too.