Somersizing Broccoli Cheese Soup - Thick and Creamy

Submitted by Mommy Diva

"Listed as the BEST Broccoli Cheese soup on the SOmersizing website, reviewers seem to love this one. I saw some members add in mushrooms, garnish with bacon pieces, green onions and even a dollop of sour cream! Others have added chopped chicken to it. Let me know if you try this nice Somersizing soup - it doesn't feel like dieting. ;) Can't wait to try this one. (Posted as listed, servings and time are estimates)"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 10 -12 ounces broccoli, thawed
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1 (8 ounce) can chicken broth
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 6 slices bacon, crumbled
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded
• pepper
• 1 dash garlic powder, to taste

directions

1. Bring cream cheese to room temperature ( I microwave it on 4 for 1-1.5 minutes.)
2. Pour broth and cream cheese into slow cooker, heat till smooth. Meanwhile, in a pot sautee onion in 2T. butter till almost transparent.
3. Then add thawed broccoli and cook till tender.
4. Add broccoli/onion mixture to slow cooker.
5. Pour in cream and 2 cups of cheese.
6. Heat through till cheese completely melts.
7. Delicious!

Reviews

[Elmotoo]

I guess Somersizing is a low carb diet not low fat or calorie diet? LOL. NO, this is not much of a DIET soup, imho, lol. But it IS delicious! And easy. The only thing I varied was instead of busting up a pound of bacon, I substituted leftover bacon drippings for the butter. And I used the whole can of chicken broth. I also pureed the whole thing with my stick blender. I got exactly 4 soupbowls from this recipe. Made for the Aussie Swap 10/08.