Name: Loaded Cheesy Broccoli Potato Soup
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 8-10 medium russet potatoes; 1 box Swanson Cream Starter; 1 cup milk; 1 medium yellow onion (chopped); 3 tablespoons butter; 1/2 teaspoon celery seed; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 3 cups broccoli; 2 cups shredded Colby jack cheese; 8 strips of bacon (cooked and crumbled); 4 green onions (chopped); 1 cup of sour cream; 1 cup of milk

Loaded Cheesy Broccoli Potato Soup

Last updated on May 2, 2018

This Loaded Cheesy Broccoli Soup is an easy way to prepare a homemade meal for your entire family!

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Homemade soup is one of my all-time favorite things to eat. There are so many different soups to try, with a rainbow of ingredients and recipes to delve into. Broth based soup, spicy soup, vegetable soup, meat soup, creamy oh so good soup! The possibilities are endless! Plus during the holidays, I’m usually enjoying my meals with loved ones… and a well-made soup tops my list of delicious things to serve. The great thing about most soups is they freeze well… so you can make a big batch for those coming over and save half of it for a quick dinner when you don't have much time to prepare something else. That has saved us so many times from having to go out and get fast food. We store our homemade soup in large freezer bags and they keep for about 2-3 months in the back of your freezer, which is perfect! For this recipe, I decided to make Loaded Cheesy Broccoli Potato Soup and boy was it good! The last time I was at the grocery store I noticed that Swanson has a new Cream Starter (in the broth section) and decided to pick up a few of them to use as my base. I love it because you can keep them in the pantry and have them ready to use when you want to whip up a batch of soup, a creamy pasta sauce or a yummy casserole dish. My biggest problem is I'm always out of milk and never have any cream in the house so I stocked up on these easy cream starters! Loaded Cheesy Broccoli Potato Soup | thebestblogrecipes.com EASY TIP OF THE DAY: Instead of baking the potatoes in the oven (which really does take forever) I opt to microwave them until they are soft enough that I can easily break them up with a potato masher. I usually start the microwave out at 10 minutes and then poke them with a fork and put them back in for an additional 4-6 minutes depending on how many potatoes I've used and how big they are. I do the same thing with my broccoli. I buy frozen so that it keeps longer and doesn't go bad and just put it in a bowl with a little bit of water and cover it with plastic wrap and steam it for about 7 minutes.

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