When the weather cools down, often the health consciousness of what we eat falters. But staying warm with food doesn’t have to be fried chicken or hot chips.
Soups are a great option to sooth the chill and are a perfect mood-boosting food during the colder months. So, it’s always nice to have a delicious and quick soup recipe on hand to whizz up in your blender for dinner and take to work!
This Healthy Broccoli Soup is creamy, yummy and has an added bonus of being loaded with green nutrients. Broccoli is one of nature’s most nutrient-dense vegetables, packed with fibre, vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, which strengthen the immune system during flu season.
Give this a go and let me know what you think…
Ingredients
1 large onion, finely chopped
5 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 tbsp coconut oil (30gm)1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes (option)
1/4 tsp chilli flakes
2 heads of broccoli (400-600gms)
800 ml water
1 x 400ml can coconut milkSalt n Pepper to taste
Method
Finely chop the onion and garlic.
Heat the coconut oil in a large pot and sauté the onions for 5 minutes until golden.
Add the garlic and chilli flakes and sautée for 2 minutes.
While this is cooking, chop up the broccoli as small florets and slice the stalk. Then place it in with the onion mix. Stir for 30 seconds.
Then pour in the water and simmer for 20 minutes.
Discard 3/4 of the water.
Add coconut milk and use a blender until smooth. If the soup is too think add a little of the discarded cooking water.
Salt and Pepper to taste.
Thermomix Method
Blend the onion and garlic 5 seconds/5 speed.
Add the chilli flakes and cook 100’C, 4 mins/2 speed.
Add broccoli as small florets and slice the stalk.
Add 800 Litre of water and cook 100’C, 15mins/1 speed.
Discard 3/4 of the water.
Add coconut milk and blender 20 seconds/8 speed.
If the soup is too think add a little of the discarded cooking water.
Salt and Pepper to taste.
