Creamy Broccoli Cheddar Soup
Bursting with vibrant broccoli, warm spices, and rich cheddar-like flavors, this soup is a cozy blanket for your taste buds! All while being WFPB
Equipment
- 1 Pot
- 1 Spice / Coffee Grinder (a blender or a food processor will also work)
Ingredients
GRATED CARROT CHED
- 1 cup carrots grated
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 4 tbsp white vinegar
- ½ tsp onion powder
- ¹/16 tsp celery seeds ground
- 1 cup water (or more as needed)
CREAMY BROCCOLI CHEDDAR SOUP
- ½ cup onion diced
- 4 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- ¼ tsp marjoram
- ½ tbsp garlic granulated
- ⅛ tsp mustard powder
- 2 cups broccoli chopped
- 1 tbsp pumpkin seeds ground into flour
- 3 tbsp oats ground into flour
- 3 tbsp tomato paste
- 2 tbsp peas dried split yellow peas, ground into flour
- 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 2 tbsp tahini (recommended but not required), other seed or nut butter will work too
- ¾ cup grated carrot ched
- 4 cups water (or more as needed)
- 1 pinch dill fresh or dried for garnish and added flavor
Instructions
CREAMY BROCCOLI CHEDDAR SOUP
- Boil the grated carrot until it becomes very soft and all the water is evaporated. Then add the celery seeds, onion powder, nutritional yeast, and white vinegar and stir well. Cook until all the vinegar is cooked off and then reserve the Grated Carrot Ched for later.
- In the same pot sautee your onions until they start to get colored and caramelize, then deglaze with half of the apple cider vinegar and add the marjoram, mustard powder, granulated garlic, and chopped broccoli and continue to sautee on a medium heat
- Grind the pumpkin seeds, oats, and split peas into a flour. Add the tomato paste to the pot, mix well and cook until it darkens then and deglaze with the rest of the apple cider vinegar. Start adding small amounts of the water while stirring to incorporate. Stop after adding 2 cups of water.
- Add the ground up pumpkin seeds, oats, split peas, and nutritional yeast and mix well. Add the remaining water, in small amounts, then add the tahini (if you aren't allergic) and keep mixing and cooking on medium heat for another 10 minutes or until the soup has thickened.
- Add back most of the Grated Carrot Ched, saving a small amount for topping, and mix well. Serve with fresh or dried dill for the full experience.
