SLOW COOKER BROCCOLI CHEDDAR CHEESE SOUP

Slow Cooker Broccoli Cheese Soup is one of those soups you know isn’t technically super healthy for you (I mean let’s be honest 12 ounces of cheese!)  but you can instead focus on the “heeeyyy it has broccoli and it is a soup!” part of it instead.

Slow Cooker Broccoli Cheddar Cheese Soup has been a favorite around our house since the kids were born. Getting them to eat greens was always such a headache so I would cook up a batch of this soup and puree it entirely (I don’t add that to the instructions because I figure if you’re making it you know it has broccoli, haha).

The kids taste the cheese and are happy and I’m happy knowing I got them to eat the “little trees” that they say they hate so much. Then I also treat myself to a bowl of it inside a bread bowl.

Let’s talk bread bowls for a second here. I’m team sourdough and I also spread just a bit of butter on the inside of the scooped out bowl and toast it at 350 for 10 or so minutes until it is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 yellow onion chopped
• 3 cloves garlic minced
• 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 cans evaporated milk 12 ounce cans
• 6 cups vegetable stock chicken stock is fine too
• 6 cups broccoli diced into 1/2 inch pieces
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 4 ounces cream cheese half a block
• 12 ounces sharp cheddar cheese cut into cubes
• Mini bread bowls for serving optional

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Note: click on times in the instructions to start a kitchen timer while cooking.
2. Add the onion, garlic, Kosher salt, black pepper, evaporated milk, stock and broccoli to your slow cooker.
3. Cook on high for 2 hours or low for 4 hours.
4. In a small bowl mash the flour and the butter together to make a paste.
5. ......................................

for full instruction please see : dinnerthendessert.com

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