This salad is topped with sizzling beef strips and Southwest Fiesta Dressing.
| Servings: | 5 |
| Yield: | 5 servings |
Ingredients
- ¼ cup chopped red onion
- 1 tablespoon margarine
- 2 ½ cups milk
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 pound processed cheese, cubed
- 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped broccoli
Instructions
- Melt butter or margarine over medium heat in a 2 quart saucepan. Cook and stir onions in butter or margarine until tender.
- Add milk and cream cheese; stirring until cream cheese melts. Stir in cheese food and broccoli. Stir until cheese food melts, and soup is heated through.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 556 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 18 g |
| Cholesterol | 132 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 26 g |
| Saturated Fat | 25 g |
| Sodium | 1373 mg |
| Sugars | 14 g |
| Fat | 43 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This was so fabulous and easy from somebody who doesn’t look at a recipe with more than 5 or 6 ingredients. I added some Tony’ chacheres and used steamfresh broccoli and cooked for 2 of the 5 min. Before putting it in the pot. So stinkin good! 🙂
This base recipe was terrible! Too thick, grainy, and has a horrible sweet taste. I spent an hour tweeking this to make it edible. Added more milk, garlic powder, pepper and salt. Added 4 cups of broth! Still sickening sweet tasting and way to grainy. So added a bit of vingar and water. It was a bit better but not much. Believe it or not, the only thing to take away that sweet flavor was sugar! I recommend if anyone wants to try this repice, half as much cream cheese, equal amounts milk and chicken broth and a 1/4 amount of the cheese. (To avoid the grainy texture) salt, pepper and garlic. And maone avoid the onions in it all together.
This is a great basic soup! But I love to tweak the recipe. I cut out the cream cheese & processed cheese. Then put in whipping cream, add shredded SHARP cheddar, as well as black pepper & garlic. My family LOVES it. It is a cold weather staple & never lasts long.
Very good soup and easy to prepare. My kids loved it!
great recipe! I didn’t have enough of the velveeta so I added grated cheddar. I also microwaved the frozen broccoli. Other than that, I made it exactly as written and it was great — much bettter than another vegetarian version in a well-known cookbook!
Delicious, but extremely rich! Be sure to mix constantly when melting the cheese to prevent scalding!..you have to kind of scratch at the bottom as you mix or else the cheese sticks to the bottom and burns. I also substituted butter for margarine bc I rather not consume transfats if I can avoid it.
Awesome. Loved it! I also added extra salt, cayenne pepper, and garlic to suit our tastes. Will definitely make again and again! Thanks!
very easy…very delicious…the only negative might be is that it is a very thick consistency…but oh so good!
I loved how easy it was to throw this together quickly. I also added cooked carrots and a dash of pepper to the soup, did not add any margarine. Yum Yum!
My sister called with a request for Christmas Eve dinner. She wanted me to make broccoli cheese soup. I had never made this before. I added chicken boullion to the recipe and some garlic. It was simple and a huge hit!
This is the third year in a row we’ve had this soup on Christmas eve — at the request of my seven year old. She LOVES it and asks for it on occasion. I think it’s a bit rich and I usually add a half to full bottle of beer to it to cut the richness a bit and give it some zing (the alcohol cooks off). Simple, super easy, and kids love it.
Absolutely delicious! I used fresh broccoli instead of frozen, and added chopped red pepper to the red onion. I found that microwaving the broccoli for a few minutes before adding it really makes a difference in the crunchiness!
All I could taste was the cream cheese. Probably would be really good if you halved the cream cheese and added more broccoli. Easy and quick to make though.
The soup was easy to make. I wasn’t crazy about the flavor as it had an overwhelming cream cheese taste. The cream cheese also didn’t blend well, and the texture was grainy. Not sure what I did wrong. I’d be willing to try making it again…
Outstanding flavor. I added granulated garlic and cayenne sauce to the mixture. I will likely use light cream cheese and add some chicken stock to lighten the soup. Very good recipe.
This soup was amazing! We actually used 12 oz of broccoli and put it and the onions in our magic bullet to get it chopped finely. We also ended up adding a little bit more milk then. It was great!
My family loved this soup! I added garlic pepper to it for a little extra taste. Even my picky 4 year old asked for more!
Pretty good. Had a craving for this, it was the easiest to do. Good consistency. I agree one pound of cheese would be too much I used around 10 ounces and would use little less next time. I microwaved cream cheese for 50 seconds so that it was prety melted when I added it. I used the simply smart skim milk and and extra 1/2 cup of half/half. I also used fresh broccoli for added nutrients. Good stuff.
Made this for Christmas Eve and there was nothing left, even the toddlers gobbled it up!
Very good. I added 1 chopped potato for more texture. It was great.
I made this delicious soup using skim milk, fat free cream cheese 75% fat free Cabot sharp cheddar and fresh broccoli! ..much healthier and still very delicious!