Kid Favorite Nourishing Broccoli Soup

Name: Kid Favorite Nourishing Broccoli Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 2 tbsp butter (or olive oil, ghee, coconut oil, or avocado oil); 2 medium onions (peeled and sliced into strips); 2 large carrots (peeled and coarsely chopped); 1 large potato (cubed 1/2 inch. Any variety is fine - if the potatoes are smaller use 2-3); 4 cloves garlic (no need to chop!); 2 heads broccoli (or about 2lbs frozen broccoli. See NOTES); 2 quarts bone broth (or meat stock); Sea salt/pepper to taste

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A staple in our home since the kids were babies, nourishing broccoli soup has a kid favorite taste, and the smoothest texture kids will love!

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A teenager request from deep in my archives…

A couple weeks ago, my 12 year old came down with a cold bug. The next day when she was feeling a little better and ready to eat, I asked her what sounded good, and this simple little broccoli soup is what she asked for. My friends with little ones…can I give you a little encouragement? It may feel like you are doing the food thing completely differently from your mom, your friends, or everyone on the internet, but THIS is why it is so gosh darn worth it.

Simple, nourishing starts

My oldest will be 17 next month. This little soup was one of the first recipes on my blog because it was one of the week in and week out ways that I fed her and her sisters. It was fast and easy for a busy mom with 3 little ones under the age of 6! And they loved it. In a tea cup. In a bowl. From mom’s spoon. I knew I could count on being able to get nourishing meat stock or bone broth as well as veggie minerals into them using this recipe!

But its…green!

Yep. And those little ones in your house that are under the age of, say, 2, literally have no concept for this aversion. SO! If we make that green soup taste amazing, their eyes will seen green and have a positive thought process! But don’t worry if you have older toddlers and big kids and teenagers. The taste of this soup is incredible, and if you use the polite bite method, once they try a couple bites, you might just be surprised at their acceptance!

A special note for busy, exhausted moms of littles

Dear momma, I know that making a soup feels like just one. more. thing. on your list of to-do’s. I remember those days where you are constantly on, and those never-ending nights with babies. This soup was created during those years, so it is VERY easy. I promise! It will take you under 30 minutes, and you and the baby can warm it up all week long for lunch so easy.

The Method :: Getting the nourishing broccoli soup started

This simple first step is the key to the soup’s really yummy flavor. Just cook some onion and carrot in a pot of butter. It’s literally the best start to any soup! And remember that no-fuss promise that I made to you? Well, there’s no fancy chopping here, because this soup ends up completely blended at the end! No fancy knife skills needed. Just a quick coarse chop – sometimes I didn’t even peel the carrots!

Let’s talk about the broccoli

I’m not lying when I’m telling you that I created this recipe when I was in the trenches with babies! I remember one day literally saying “forget it” when it came to breaking down my broccoli, and discovered that using the broccoli stems worked just fine in a broccoli soup! You can easily use frozen broccoli for this recipe as well. You can prepare the broccoli and potatoes while the carrots and onions are cooking in the butter.

The Method :: Adding the rest of the ingredients

Once you cook down the carrots and the onions, you can add the potatoes, broth, and the broccoli. The veggies will simmer in the broth, and in about 10 minutes you’ll be ready to blend it up!

The Method :: Blending and finishing the broccoli soup

Once the veggies are soft, the soup can get blended with an immersion blender right in the soup pot, or in a regular blender. The potatoes give the texture a smooth, velvety creaminess without any flour or milk! If you have little guys at home, an immersion blender is your friend! No extra mess to clean up – just blend things right in the pot!

Serving tips for little ones

Little tea cups were my best friend when the girls were little. They don’t eat huge bowls of soup at that age anyway, and the cups just allowed them to be more independent. You can also try using short, rounded straws, which 2 of my girls loved using for pureed soups like this when they were little. In fact, I would pack this soup in a small thermos for school when they were in kindergarten, and pack a straw so they could slurp up the soup super fast and easy at school!

Storage Tips for your broccoli soup

With teenagers in the house these days, I have to double this recipe if I want leftovers. When my girls were little I would often double this recipe so that I could freeze and make my life easier too! It doesn’t take any extra effort to double it up, and you’ll have soup to pull from the freezer on weeks where you just can’t cook. Store the soup in a jar or container in the fridge for up to a week. If you want to freeze the soup, freeze in Souper Cubes for easy portioning and fast prep, or in these freezer safe containers.