I was raised knowing you never waste things. If it could be repaired, it was repaired. We got creative with left overs if there were any. With the cost of everything, especially food so insanely high right now, that sentiment is even more important. I’ve had the stems of a couple brocolli heads in the fridge since making a brocolli salad last week. I’ve been wanting to try making creme of brocolli soup with it and that happened today for dinner.
I’ve already been very domestic today with freezing strawberries and repairing a loose bath towel holder. I was on a roll, it is far too hot to be outside and I love cooking anyway. There is something to be said about having proper kitchen tools for food preparation. I’ve mentioned the Boos Brother chopping block, Wusthof knives and AllClad stainless cookware before. Well they really got a work out today.
I chopped a large onion, a hand full of baby carrots, 3 celery stalks, and put them in to sauté in a tablespoon of Ghee and a couple tablespoons of olive oil with salt and pepper. Following the waste not theme, I rinsed what was left of a jar of chopped garlic to remove the lemon juice it came in and tossed it in along with the rest of a near empty Parmigian cheese bottle as well……. maybe a 1/4 cup.
I added 3 cups of water with 2 chicken bouillon cubes, brought it to a boil and then the chopped broccoli was tossed in to simmer till tender.
The next step was placing the contents into my blender.. ….. seriously thinking about purchasing an immersible blender if this is to become a regular item in our meals going forward. But for now, my nearly 50 year old blender worked fine. I just had to carefully place the hot soup in it without splatter. I pulsed a few times between mix and puree to get the creamy consistency. The color would probably been more green had I used broccoli flowerettes. This photo shows brought yellow but it was closer to pale avocado green.
Ground chuck patties were baking in the oven while the soup was simmering and I fried the last of our fresh frozen okra for a second side dish. I added crackers to the plate for the soup and called it a meal. Healthy, heart and cholesterol conscious and so very delicious!
Bon Appétit!