I’ve told you before and I’ll tell you again … I love soup!! Here in Sacramento it’s currently 102 degrees and it’ll be that way all week. Call me crazy, but this is what I’m having for dinner:

Ingredients

• 1/2 tbs oil
• 1/2 yellow onion, diced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced or crushed
• 8 cups water
• 8 potatoes, peeled and chopped
• 3 broccoli crowns, chopped
• 4-5 bullion cubes
• juice of one lemon
• salt and pepper, to taste

Method

Step 1

In a medium pan and over medium-low heat, saute onion and garlic in oil. Once onions become translucent, add water, bullion cubes, potatoes and broccoli, lemon juice and salt and pepper. Let boil until potatoes are cooked all the way through.

Step 2

I used a hand emulsifier blender, but a regular blender would work fine too. With the hand-held blender, blend to the consistency that you like - I like mine with chunks of potato and broccoli. Using a regular blender measure out 2/3 of the soup and blend in the blender, and if you don't want any chucks blend the whole thing.