Savory Cheese Soup

A wonderful blend of veggies and cheese that will have your family asking for more!

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 8  tablespoons butter, divided
• 1  teaspoon garlic powder
• 1  large sweet onion
• 3  large carrots (peeled and chopped)
• 3  large celery ribs (chopped)
• 1  red bell pepper (chopped)
• 2 (14 ounce) cans chicken broth
• 1⁄2 cup all-purpose flour
• 2  cups milk
• 8  ounces cream cheese, softened and cubed
• 3  cups sharp cheddar cheese

Directions

1. Melt 4 tablespoons of Butter in a large pot over medium heat.
2. Add Garlic power, onions, celery and carrots. Cook over medium heat about 8 minutes, or until vegetables are semi-soft.
3. Add Red Pepper and cook another 2-3 minutes.
4. Add chicken broth, stir, place lid on pot and lower heat to low.
5. Meanwhile, melt 4 tablespoons of butter in a large pot over medium heat.
6. Add flour and stir constantly.
7. Once it is a pasty substance, add milk SLOWLY!
8. Once the milk is incorporated and it looks like a thick gravy, add cream cheese; remove from heat.
9. Remove the lid from the broth and veggie mixture and remove a ladle at a time of the soup and add to the cream cheese mixture, (totaling about 4 ladles).
10. Once the cream cheese mixture has been tempered, add it back into the soup and combine.
11. Add the cheddar and stir until all cheese is melted.