Surprise yourself with how creamy a creamy broccoli soup can be (made without cream!). Super healthy with only 165 calories per serving, this makes a wonderful light meal or lunch that takes only 15 minutes to make. Croutons are not optional!
I’ve made cauliflower soup plenty of times, but this is the first time I attempted broccoli soup. It really is just like the consistency of cauliflower soup, really creamy (but not a drop of cream in site!) but being so green I just feel like it’s better for my insides – full of nutrition!
With a hand held blender stick, this is so quick to make – on the table in 15 minutes. Croutons are not option, you must!
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Creamy Healthy Broccoli Soup
Ingredients
- 1 large head of broccoli
- 1 potato , peeled and roughly chopped into cubes about 1.5cm / 1/2" cubes
- 1 white or brown onion , roughly diced
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 cups / 500 ml vegetable stock / broth
- 1 cup / 250 ml milk (low fat, cow or soy)
- 1/2 cup / 125 ml water
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Cut / break broccoli into florets into pieces about half the size of a golf ball. Roughly cut most of the stem, other than the main stem, into thumb size pieces. Discard the main stem, or keep for another use.
- Place all ingredients except milk, salt and pepper in pot, put on lid, bring to boil then turn down heat to medium and let it rapidly simmer for 8 to 10 minutes.
- Remove lid, add milk, bring back to boil, then remove from heat and whizz with hand held blender.
- You can thicken the soup by cooking it for longer on the stove on a medium low heat.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper, serve with croutons if desired.
Croutons
- Cut stale bread into cubes, lightly spray with olive oil, spread on baking stray and bake for 3 to 5 minutes. Sprinkle with salt then top on soup.
Recipe Notes:
- Nutrition per serving.
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Great soup, so quick and easy.
My cheat is l used a bag of frozen broccoli florets.
Delicious comfort soup. I added some bacon bits to give an extra fun flavor. I also mixed the leftover heavy whipping cream I had with the cup of milk. Very nice.
I used my multicooker on the soup function. Doubled the batch so I can have some in the freezer because it’s winter. Wasn’t sure how much potato so I added 4 medium ones plus some Cajun spice. So yum with some Parmesan sprinkled on top & crusty garlic bread! 😋
This is seriously THE best soup I have ever made! Yumyumyum!
WOWSER. Low calorie and creamy delicious. fast and easy. This is now on repeat in our household. Thank you Nagi
Oh boy, this is good! I did cheat a bit and added about 1/4 cup of shredded parmesan at the end (because.. cheese). Superb on a cold Melbourne day!
What to cook when you find perfect farm fresh broccoli at 4 good sized heads for $2 AND your trying to lose weight!
Tastes great- silky texture
Leftovers are perfect for small “hunger buster” serves between meals.
Hello! Sorry for a silly question but when you say one potato, is a baked potato size okay? I don’t use spuds often!
Hi! Do you think chicken broth would work? I love your recipes and thinking about making this tomorrow.
Possibly the easiest and most delicious of all your beautiful soups.
In lurve!! i made this and it came out to be 4 serves (not sure about the grams, just in bowls) – great low calorie option, thank you!!!
Sounds delish! But tiny correction… “(but not a drop of cream in site!)” should be “sight.” 🙂
So tasty with the cheese and cream, loved it!
sprinkled with cheese and was lovely, very easy to make. Thank you!
You’re so welcome Francene! N x
Very Delicious! Thank you 🙂
This recipe was recommended by a friend a great fan of yours made it yesterday delicious will definitely make it again
Wahoo, that’s awesome Rose!
This has the WOW factor!
So absolutely delish and so easy to make.
Just added some chilli flakes for some zing.
Thanks again Nagi.
Perfect Barb!
Made this soup and added some parsley, and it was lovely with home made garlic bread. Thanks!
Oh garlic bread is a MUST! Sounds lovely David – N x
That was a lovely and easy soup to make. I do not think I spiced it enough, but I was not looking for yum…I was looking for a nice soup to make me healthy. I enjoyed it and I need to spice it up the next time I make it. I will be making it again!
Hi Hope! There’s really no spices in this one 🙂 But you can definitely add it if you want! N x
Loved this easy healthy soup. Doubled the recipe as the broccoli looked so lovely at the store. Added a healthy pinch of cayenne pepper as well. Do you think this would freeze ? Sometimes potatoes don’t freeze well. I think you could also substitute fat free evaporated milk for this. Thanks so much!
Hi Jana, so pleased you enjoy this! Yes this soup freezes great, I will add that tip into the notes. I am sure the evaporated milk will be a find sub!