Thise both sound amazing! Feel like sharing the recipes?
I kind of made them up. I browsed a few recipes and chose the best elements of each one haha
Here's a rough guide for the soups.
Curried butternut squash soup
1/2 white onion, diced
4 cups chicken stock
1 butternut squash, peeled and cubed (1 inch)
1 tbsp unsalted butter
1 tbsp curry powder
ground pepper and salt to taste
- melt butter in soup pot, add diced onions and cook until translucent
- add chicken stock and squash, liquid should barely cover the squash
- simmer until squash is cooked through
- purée with hand blender or tranfer to blender
- add curry powder and season to taste
- if you find it too thick, add more chicken stock
Broccoli cheddar soup
1 small-medium broccoli, chopped (stems included)
1/4 white oniom, diced
1/2 to 1 clove garlic, diced
3 cups chicken stock
1 cup (or more) cheddar cheese, shredded
1/2 cup milk
3 tbsp butter
1/2 cup flour
Salt and pepper to taste
- combine stock, broccoli, onion and garlic in soup pot, bring to boil and cook until broccoli is tender
- blend to desired smoothness, I like it a bit chunky
- in small sauce pan, melt butter and whisk in flour a bit at a time until you make a rue
- cook rue and slowly add milk until it becomes a thick paste
- add a bit of the paste at a time to the broccoli mixture until you reach your desired thickness
- add cheese
- season to taste
Smiley particularly enjoyed clean up as he got to be the prewash cycle for the pots