Comments on: Soup Is A Truly Frugal Dish: Broccoli-Cheese and Kale Soup

By: Liz

Liz — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:50:14 +0000

I can’t wait to try this soup it just sounds so wonderful. I have a question though…when do you add the rice? Does it stay whole or does it get blended? Thanks for posting this recipe!

By: Raymond

Raymond — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:41:53 +0000

Another use for the broccoli stalks is to use them when doing fresh juice. Then you don’t have to bother with peeling them, just drop them in the juicer. I know this is not helping with your soup but does help get as much use as you can from your broccoli. I am going to make some of this soup as I have broccoli and kale around all the time. I put them in my juice daily.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:21:18 +0000

Oh, I so want to make this, but I don’t have an immersion blender (or a regular blender) so I don’t think the texture would be very good. Gotta buy one of those things…

By: EK

EK — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:36:43 +0000

Hi Barbara! Thank you so much for this post. Without it I would never have thought that I could create such a delicious meal from the yellowing head of broccoli and the two sprouted potatoes that I had I omitted the rice and kale, sauteed a bit of carrot and celery with the onions, then pureed it in the traditional blender before straining it. It turned out super flavorful and creamy, even though I had omitted the half-and-half! Thanks again for providing me with such healthy and delicious inspiration

By: Josie

Josie — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:31:24 +0000

I mostly followed your recipe for this soup, and it was delicious! I added a sweet potato since I only had to a couple tiny regular potatoes, and it added a nice, subtle sweetness.
Thanks for sharing – it saved me from tossing some broccoli that was starting to wither away…