A light and flavorful soup to warm you and your little ones during the cold days and nights. (8+)
Hello, there. We will officially be switching seasons next week. There are pumpkins everywhere. And I can’t get enough of those. But let’s not forget there are other superfoods too in the market.
Today, I am sharing a recipe for Cream Of Broccoli Soup. For all the broccoli haters, this soup will change your taste for this healthy vegetable.
It has been quite a while since I posted a recipe. I had been down with allergies for the past 3 weeks. Maintaining a healthy body is so important.
Since last few weeks, I realized this even more. I could hardly function as a normal human being. Now more than ever, I try my level best to eat healthily. And focus on superfoods.
Through the days of my allergies and my little one’s viral infection, soups were the only foods we could handle well. A bowl of warm hearty soup was all that we wanted.
So amidst of the sickness and runny nose, I created this soup recipe. And it was a welcomed by everyone in the family.
In the following recipe, I have used potatoes and vegetable broth as a base for the soup. Potatoes give this soup a thick texture as well as acts as a thickening agent. So, there is no need to add any flour or other substitutes.
For aromatics, I have used fennel seeds and bay leaf and flavored the soup with garlic and spring onions. I have especially, used spring onions here instead of onions.
Spring onions give this soup a mild onion flavor which is not too overpowering. Particularly keeping in mind the palates of baby tummies.
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I have cooked broccoli in the homemade vegetable broth just for few minutes. Too much cooking of broccoli can ruin its nutritional content.
Next, I ran this through a food processor, until it became a thick creamy puree. At the very last stage, I heated this soup again for few minutes and added heavy cream. And then served it with a rest of the meal.
The silky smooth texture of this soup is so amazing that people will ask for another bowlful. And for those little broccoli haters (Moms-you don’t have to tell them what’s in it).
Save this soup recipe and give it a try soon. I am sure you will make this one more often during these upcoming months.
Let’s go through the recipe.
Cream Of Broccoli Soup
A light and flavorful soup to warm you and your little one on cold days and nights.
You Need:
- 2 cups Vegetable Broth
- 1 cup Broccoli (chopped)
- 1 cup Potatoes (chopped)
- 1/2 cup Spring Onions (chopped)
- 1/2 cup Heavy Whipping Cream Or Half-Half Cream
- 2 Garlic Cloves
- 1 Bay Leaf
- A pinch of Fennel Seeds
- Salt And Pepper To Taste (skip it, if making it for babies 1 year and younger)
How To Make It:
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Start by heating butter in a pot. Add bay leaf, fennel seeds and garlic cloves.
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Now add chopped spring onions. Saute it for few seconds. Follow that with chopped potatoes.
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Next, add vegetable broth and cook potatoes until tender. When they are almost tender add broccoli. Cover and cook it for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat.
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Transfer this to a food processor or you can use an emulsion blender. Whisk this into a smooth puree.
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Turn on the heat again of the pot and transfer this soup to it. Now add the heavy or half and half cream and mix well. Make sure the heat is on low.
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Once it's warm, serve it with your favourite meal.
My Little Notes:
Broccoli can be introduced to babies at the age of 8 months and onwards.
Broccolis are a part of Autumn-Harvest. These are highly nutritious vegetables which one should include in their daily diet. This holds true for little ones too.
There are two types of broccoli available in the market. The purple- sprouting variety which has fine leafy stems and delicate head. While the other ones are the tightly budded stalk, green in color and thick stalk.
Raw broccoli is an excellent source of vitamin C, but it’s level declines as it gets cooked. So keep cooking broccoli to its minimum.
Broccoli is also a good source of vitamin A, vitamin B, and folate. Minerals like manganese, phosphorus, potassium, iron, and calcium are also a part of this vegetable. It has various anti-viral and antibacterial properties.
While choosing broccoli, pick ones that have bright, compact florets. Yellow forest, a limp stalk, and pungent smell is a sign of overripe and bad quality.
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Important Note:
Talk to your baby’s Pediatrician before starting new food.
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With comfort food season just around the corner, soup will be a staple in many kitchens. Broccoli soup is a favourite around here, and this one looks delicious. Perfect for a cold fall day.
Thank you, yes this is a delicious comfort food for cold months ahead.
The soup is arriving very fast and I am ready for it. Love the fall flavors and you have combined them beautifully in this great looking soup. We love soup and bread dinner quite often and I am looking forward to making this sometime soon.
Yes, this is great for upcoming cold months.
This is a classic, love the color and everything about it. Must be really shooting and creamy, I am hungry now.
Thank you so much, Adriana.
I was just thinking about making a cream of broccoli soup the other day! This recipe looks perfect. So delicious!
Thank you. You should make it soon.
Hard to feed broccoli to my two kids yes they hate it, I think if I make your cream of broccoli soup then they may like it. It looks really creamy and filling.
Oh, then you should try this soup. Don’t tell them what’s in it. Since you are pureeing the soup. 😀
I love cream of broccoli soup. Genius to use the potato as thickening. I’m not sure I would EVER have thought of that trick. I think this soup is a great way to convince kids to eat their greens.
Yes, kids usually like potatoes. So feeding them this soup can be easy.
I love brocolli and I love soup. This is win win for me..The recioe looks so easy to make, not many ingredients, perfect for a cold Autumn Day. I’m pinning this to try later in the week
That sounds wonderful. I do like cream of broccoli soup, but have never tried making it with potatoes and no other items in it.
I do love broccoli soup – this one looks great for the whole family. With Fall being here – yup, all the pumpkin and squash recipes are out there – but broccoli, with the spring onions would be PERFECT! A little crusty bread to go with it, and that’s a great lunch for me!
So happy to find you ! Thank you so much for this lovely soup !
Your soup looks so good and comforting. I didn’t used to suffer from allergies, now my eyes water, sneeze, itchy nose. Do you think your broccoli potato soup would cure it” Regardless the soup would be great whether it had magical powers or not. Sipping on the soup would certainly cheer me up!
My kids use to love broccoli soup as kids too! I love such comfort food. In winter it’s soup every evening for dinner.. YUM!
I love cream of broccoli soup and it make an appearance every forth nite 😉 you have explained it so well and looks so rich and creamy!! Can’t wait to try your version ☝️?
I’m not a fan of this soup alone, but I love cooking with it. I like buying organic cream of whatever soups, so I’m totally keeping this recipe, since I have several recipes that I’ve wanted to have a broccoli soup for!
Your photos in this recipe are absolutely stunning. This recipe sounds so good. I love broccoli, thanks for sharing.