Surprise yourself with how creamy a creamy broccoli soup can be (made without cream!). Super healthy with only 165 calories per serving, this makes a wonderful light meal or lunch that takes only 15 minutes to make. Croutons are not optional!
I’ve made cauliflower soup plenty of times, but this is the first time I attempted broccoli soup. It really is just like the consistency of cauliflower soup, really creamy (but not a drop of cream in site!) but being so green I just feel like it’s better for my insides – full of nutrition!
With a hand held blender stick, this is so quick to make – on the table in 15 minutes. Croutons are not option, you must!
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Creamy Healthy Broccoli Soup
Ingredients
- 1 large head of broccoli
- 1 potato , peeled and roughly chopped into cubes about 1.5cm / 1/2" cubes
- 1 white or brown onion , roughly diced
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 cups / 500 ml vegetable stock / broth
- 1 cup / 250 ml milk (low fat, cow or soy)
- 1/2 cup / 125 ml water
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Cut / break broccoli into florets into pieces about half the size of a golf ball. Roughly cut most of the stem, other than the main stem, into thumb size pieces. Discard the main stem, or keep for another use.
- Place all ingredients except milk, salt and pepper in pot, put on lid, bring to boil then turn down heat to medium and let it rapidly simmer for 8 to 10 minutes.
- Remove lid, add milk, bring back to boil, then remove from heat and whizz with hand held blender.
- You can thicken the soup by cooking it for longer on the stove on a medium low heat.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper, serve with croutons if desired.
Croutons
- Cut stale bread into cubes, lightly spray with olive oil, spread on baking stray and bake for 3 to 5 minutes. Sprinkle with salt then top on soup.
Recipe Notes:
- Nutrition per serving.
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Brilliantly delicious soup will make again
I make this soup 2-3 x a month. Not only is it absolutely delicious, but the broccoli is so good for my inflammation. The only change I made is I use bone broth instead of chicken broth to up the protein.
Great recipe! I just made a double batch of this delicious soup. I didn’t have vegetable stock so I used chicken stock instead. I did cut out the water, there was enough liquid without it. And a spoonful or two of fresh Parmesan mixed in at the end was the perfect finishing touch. Thank you Nagi!
Tasty but needed to add a lot more liquid than 1 1/2 cups!
Um… the recipe calls for a total of 3 and a half cups of liquid, not one and a half. I just made this recipe and actually cut out the 1/2 cup of water as I thought there was too much liquid!
There is 3 1/2 cups of liquid in this recipe including the milk stick and water
Great soup, so quick and easy.
My cheat is l used a bag of frozen broccoli florets.
Delicious comfort soup. I added some bacon bits to give an extra fun flavor. I also mixed the leftover heavy whipping cream I had with the cup of milk. Very nice.
I used my multicooker on the soup function. Doubled the batch so I can have some in the freezer because it’s winter. Wasn’t sure how much potato so I added 4 medium ones plus some Cajun spice. So yum with some Parmesan sprinkled on top & crusty garlic bread! 😋
This is seriously THE best soup I have ever made! Yumyumyum!
WOWSER. Low calorie and creamy delicious. fast and easy. This is now on repeat in our household. Thank you Nagi
Oh boy, this is good! I did cheat a bit and added about 1/4 cup of shredded parmesan at the end (because.. cheese). Superb on a cold Melbourne day!
What to cook when you find perfect farm fresh broccoli at 4 good sized heads for $2 AND your trying to lose weight!
Tastes great- silky texture
Leftovers are perfect for small “hunger buster” serves between meals.
Hello! Sorry for a silly question but when you say one potato, is a baked potato size okay? I don’t use spuds often!
Hi! Do you think chicken broth would work? I love your recipes and thinking about making this tomorrow.
Possibly the easiest and most delicious of all your beautiful soups.
In lurve!! i made this and it came out to be 4 serves (not sure about the grams, just in bowls) – great low calorie option, thank you!!!
Sounds delish! But tiny correction… “(but not a drop of cream in site!)” should be “sight.” 🙂
So tasty with the cheese and cream, loved it!
sprinkled with cheese and was lovely, very easy to make. Thank you!
You’re so welcome Francene! N x
Very Delicious! Thank you 🙂
This recipe was recommended by a friend a great fan of yours made it yesterday delicious will definitely make it again
Wahoo, that’s awesome Rose!