Tag: broccoli

There are some many benefits to eating magnesium-rich foods, and broccoli and spinach are good dietary sources.

If you have members of the family that aren’t keen on munching down on a large chunk of “little trees,” or broccoli, then this soup might tempt them to eat more than they would as a humble steamed vegetable.

Broccoli Soup Recipe

• 500 g broccoli (diced stalks and sprigs)
• 1 small potato, finely diced
• Several large spinach leaves, chopped roughly (or silverbeet or rainbow chard)
• 1 onion, diced
• Several celery stalks, sliced
• 4 cups chicken stock
• 1/2 cup cream, (for cream of broccoli soup)
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/3 cup frozen or fresh peas
• pepper and salt to taste
• Lemon slices  as garnish
• Variation: 1 small chicken breast, cooked and finely sliced

1. Saute the onion and celery in a pan until the onion turns transparent.
2. Add potato and stir
3. Wash broccoli and cut into sprigs and add broccoli, chopped spinach, chicken stock and onion/ celery mix to a large saucepan.
4. Bring to the boil and simmer for 10-15 minutes.
5. Add fresh or frozen peas and simmer til broccoli and peas are cooked.

If wanting to make cream of broccoli soup, mash or process using a hand blender or victimizer-blender till smooth. Add cream and return to saucepan heating through whilst adding seasoning and lemon juice.

Or/ gently blend or stir til broccoli breaks up into small sprigs then add seasonings and lemon juice.

Garnish and serve.

Variation:

Adding cooked slivers of chicken breast cooked bolster the protein content of this dish and turn it into a meal.

A nice accompaniment to Broccoli and Spinach soup would be  almond or walnut bread.