Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, broccoli cheese soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Broccoli Cheese Soup is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Broccoli Cheese Soup is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook broccoli cheese soup using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Broccoli Cheese Soup:

1. Get butter
2. Take onion, chopped
3. Make ready handful of baby carrots chopped
4. Prepare celery stalks, diced
5. Take chicken broth
6. Prepare half and half
7. Prepare milk
8. Get fresh broccoli, chopped
9. Take cornstarch
10. Get black pepper
11. Take garlic powder
12. Get dried thyme
13. Get nutmeg
14. Take Velveeta cheese, cubed
15. Make ready shredded cheddar cheese + additional for garnish
16. Take salt

Steps to make Broccoli Cheese Soup:

1. In a stock pot, melt butter over medium heat.
2. Saute onion in butter until onions are translucent, about 3-4 minutes.
3. Stir in chicken broth, half and half, broccoli, carrots and celery. Bring to a boil then reduce heat and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until broccoli is soft and tender.
4. In a small bowl, whisk together milk and cornstarch. Pour the mixture into the soup pot and stir until soup starts to thicken 3-4 minutes.
5. Stir in pepper, garlic powder, thyme, nutmeg and salt.
6. I placed an immersion blender in the pot to blend it, but it's totally your call. I prefer it a little smoother.
7. Drop the heat to low and stir in Velveeta and cheddar cheese. Continue stirring until all of the cheese has melted.
8. Top each bowl of soup with a little extra shredded cheddar cheese and serve immediately. Enjoy!

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