Broccoli Cheese Soup

I made up my own recipe for broccoli cheese soup. I never usually have Velveeta on hand, so I looked up some other ones to see what I could come up with. So I took about 3 or 4 different ones and came up with my own.



Ahh butter, it makes everything taste oh so good!


Mix the flour and butter together until it is all nice and mixed and smooth


That is chucks of turkey broth, I pulled it right from the freezer and dumped it in the pot. This is the broth, little bit of milk, butter and flour mixture


Umm, looking smooth and creamy and G-O-O-D!!!!!!!!!!!!



Cut up broccoli. I kinda cheated. I've been buying the big bag of already cut up broccoli from BJ's, and then I just trim them a bit smaller. Makes my life a bit easier!
Then dump in the broccoli to soup after you've added the cheese


Finished product! Mmm, it was sooooo good! You can have it without crackers, or...


...with! My kids prefer to have the crackers in the soup, but I like it either way!




Broccoli Cheese Soup

8 T butter
8 T flour
2 to 3 cups chili cheese conqueso
3 to 4 cups milk
2 cups broth or water
3 cups fresh broccoli (cut up to the size you want it)


Melt butter in pan and then add the flour. Make sure you stir it all the time, or it will stick to the pan, NOT GOOD! :) Then add the broth or water and the milk. Stir to make sure it's all mixed together. Then add the conqueso. Bring to a boil. Mix again and add broccoli. Turn heat down to simmer, and cover. Simmer for about 30 to 40 minutes or until broccoli is soft.
Serve with oyster crackers, yummy!
Enjoy!


*I used turkey broth leftover from Thanksgiving turkey. My mom put them in sandwich baggies and then put it all in the freezer for me. But if you don't have any broth, chicken or turkey, you can just use water.