Well, we’ve started the sick season in our neck of the woods. I miss the Vitamin D power that we get in the summer time. So since my second oldest child was sick all last week, I made soup a couple of times. Now, she only had a bad cold but the drainage made her stomach upset, so I tried to make food that she liked and that would be easier on the stomach. She happens to love broccoli, so I decided to make my mom’s cream of broccoli soup recipe.
It is a soup recipe that is quite easy to prepare, and I like to make it with a good ham stock. The secret to a good soup is a good stock. For me, that means that I make my potato, bean, pea, and broccoli soups with a flavorful ham stock. I think it adds so much more flavor than chicken stock (or maybe I just don’t know how to make a great, flavorful chicken stock.)
I also get two soups out of every ham I make. When I bake a ham, I pour 1/2″ to an 1″ of water in the bottom of the pan, and I save that water that now has all the drippings for one broth. I just pour it in a bowl and freeze it until I want to make soup. Then I cut almost all of the ham off of the bone. I wrap the bone up in aluminum foil and freeze it. When I need to use the bone for soup, I take it out of the freezer, put in a pan of water and cook it for a while to get another ham broth. The broth made out of drippings makes a more flavorful broth than the broth made from the ham bone. The nice thing about freezing the broth is that all the fat rises to the top, and it can be removed and thrown away before making your soup!
I love that this soup can be made quickly. It takes only as long as it takes to cook the soup and then to add the cream mixture! I do cheat and use my food processor for the broccoli and onions. A couple of my kids don’t like broccoli at all–and everyone is required to eat a little as what I make for dinner. But I do take pity on them and don’t have big chunks of broccoli. So some of the broccoli is very finely chopped, and I pulsed some of the other broccoli so that there would be a little bit bigger pieces of broccoli. After the soup is made, you can grate some cheese on top if desired; although we enjoy it without the cheese.
Here’s the recipe!
- 5 cups ham broth or chicken
- 1/2 pound chopped broccoli
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 6 tablespoons flour
- 2 cups milk
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Add broccoli and onion to broth.
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Cook until tender--about 20 minutes.
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In a separate pan, melt the butter.
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Add flour. Cook over low heat for two minutes.
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Stir in milk. Cook for a few minutes until mixture begins to thicken. Add to broth.
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Cook, stir, and season to taste.
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Makes 1/2 gallon.
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This looks good! I will have to try it:) Have you ever made it in the crockpot? I love doing soups in the crockpot because I can leave if I need to…
I never have done it in the crockpot. I don’t use my crockpot as much as I should!
What a great idea to freeze the drippings and bones for soup stock. I’ve taken to freezing leftover veggies to use in soups, but this goes a step further! Looks delish!
Thanks, Stephanie! My mom is the ultimate saver after years of having to feed 4 kids on just a little bit of cash. Any good money saving tip I have, I’ve learned from her–unless it’s about technology! 🙂
Thank you for hosting! Broccoli Soup, mmm one of my favorites. As a vegetarian do you think it will still be yummy with vegetable broth?
I’m sure it would if you use seasonings to make a good vegetable stock. Ham is so easy, but I’m sure you know what spices/seasonings you like to make food more flavorful. Thanks for coming by and linking up!
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Cream of broccoli soup is one of my favorite soups of all time! I love that this recipe only requires a few basic ingredients. Love it! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for coming by and commenting! I can cook, but I’m not gourmet, so I love recipes with few ingredients as well!
would you believe I’ve never made a stock? Something about using the bones freaks me out, lol. This looks delicious though!
That is funny! Well, just save the drippings then–no bones involved!
This looks so good. I can’t wait to try your recipe.
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Thanks for hosting the linky. I love to link-up every week!
I’ll try to remember! Thanks so much!
Thanks, Zan–you have a whole bunch of soup recipes!
Thanks for inviting me to your linky! I always love to find new ones.
That broccoli soup looks so yummy! My boys will eat broccoli, but for some reason they don’t like it in soup. It’s been a little while though, so it’s time to try it out again.
That’s opposite my kids–a couple of mine gag down a bite or two of broccoli, and although they don’t love the soup, it goes down a little easier. Thanks for coming by!
Thanks for answering that question! I didn’t know if the broccoli would get mushy if it was in the crock pot too long!
Gosh, my dad just told me to have some broccoli due to my last sickness. This one is quite easy to do and all of the ingredients are common here.
Hmm–I’ve never heard that before. My mother-in-law would say to have ginger and garlic.
This looks like a great recipe, can’t wait to try it out!! Thanks for linking up to Barbies Pinterest Party this week. I have pinned and shared your post!!
Thanks! I would love to have you come linkup your posts on Mondays for our Pinterest Party! If it’s food, you can link it up again on Tuesday to my Tasty Tuesdays linky. I pin all link-ups too to different boards that have different followers!
Cream Broccoli Soup is my FAVORITE soup. I will definitely be adding this recipe to my list of recipes to try.
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Great! Tell me how you like it! I went and saw your lasagna recipe too–love crockpot meals.
It is so cold here in NY right now. I wish I had your soup. Thanks for sharing it on foodie friday.
It’s really cold here too!! I’ll have to make it again for us too.
This looks excellent and perfect for this cold, fall nights. 🙂 Thanks for linking up with “Try a New Recipe Tuesday.” I hope you will be able to join us again this week. Happy Thanksgiving! http://our4kiddos.blogspot.com/2013/11/try-new-recipe-tuesday-november-26.html
This soup looks and sounds very delicious! I love that it is easy and quick to make. It is so hard when little ones are sick. This soups looks as though it would definitely help.
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Thanks for coming by and for the follow! I do like that this soup is relatively easy to make.