Creamy Broccoli Carrot Soup
photo by FrenchBunny
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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12
ingredients
- 2 onions
- 2 stalks celery
- 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 2 teaspoons canola oil
- 1 broccoli, cut-up
- 3 potatoes, cut-up
- 4 large carrots, cut-up
- 1 roasted red pepper, cut-up
- 8 cups chicken broth
- 1 1⁄2 cups skim milk
- 1⁄4 teaspoon harissa
- salt and pepper
- fresh basil and parsley
directions
- Prepare vegetables.
- In large sauce pan, heat oil.
- Add onions,celery and garlic.
- Sauté on medium-low heat about 5 minutes stirring occasionally. If necessary add a little water to prevent sticking.
- Add potatoes, carrots and broth to sautéed vegetables.Bring to a boil. and simmer 20 minutes uncovered.
- Add cauliflower and red pepper.
- Simmer another another 15- 20 minutes vegetables are tender; add fresh herbs.
- Pureé with hand blender or potato masher to break up vegetables; leave the soup chunky.
- Add milk, Harissa, salt and pepper to taste.
- At this point you can more or less milk depending on how thick you want to have your soup.
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Tip:
- I used Carnation no fat milk.
- Reheats and freezes well.
- You can replace the cauliflower with broccoli for a different version.
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Reviews
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This is a yummy, healthy soup. I used the hand blender and blended it quite thoroughly, leaving only a few chunks. We really enjoyed it and I don't think I would change a thing except that I did use olive oil. I loved the colour of it. It was our dinner meal along with some bisquits and it left us very satisfied. I will be making this one again and again. Thanks for sharing this delightful soup.
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I can't believe how much DH and I liked this... me especially, since I'm not a cauliflower fan! But I blended it completely using my immersion blender (I don't think I could have enjoyed the chunks!), then added a bit of cheese as well, and was very impressed with the results. Served it with some Parisian sourdough bread for dipping... magnifique! :) Soup is one of my favourite ways to sneak veggies that I don't like into my meals. This one will definitely go on the list!
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Sageca
Canada
I love to cook, read recipe books and food magazines,spend time in kitchen stores, grocery stores, gourmet shops, learning new cooking techniques, trying new kitchen gadgets,tasting exotic foods,enjoying a wonderful meal. I've always had a herb garden; now I have containers on my patio with my must have herbs. It seems, everything tastes better with fresh herbs!