{"id":3291,"date":"2020-08-13T08:08:32","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T08:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/?p=3291"},"modified":"2020-08-13T08:08:52","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T08:08:52","slug":"2878058","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/food\/2878058","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Cookin&#8217;? Broccoli &#038; Cheese Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Soups are my favorite quick meal in the winter, and it&#8217;s easy to eat &#8220;in season&#8221; food in soups! Just throw it all in! What could be better?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>Here&#8217;s what you&#8217;ll need:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>24 oz frozen broccoli OR 2 fresh heads<br>8 oz package of cream cheese (1\/3 less fat optional)<br>4 cups chicken stock<br>1\/3 cup heavy cream (whole milk will do in a pinch)<br>Optional diced\/canned chicken to up the protein<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steam the broccoli until tender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blend it with a touch of water until creamy. Feel free to reserve a little for &#8220;chunkiness&#8221;.<br>Add it to a pot with 4 cups of chicken stock and the cream cheese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-12-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-12-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-12-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-12-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-12-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-12.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Add some chicken if you&#8217;re inclined. I served this for dinner, so the chicken added some protein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/3-13-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/3-13-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/3-13-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/3-13-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/3-13-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/3-13.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Season it up with salt, pepper, and even cayenne if you&#8217;re feeling feisty!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4-10-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4-10-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4-10-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4-10-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4-10-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4-10.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Top it with some grated cheese, and you&#8217;re done! If you&#8217;re wondering how you can eat this &#8220;fattening&#8221; soup and still lose weight, check out my blog, Nourished Skillets.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eat well,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soups are my favorite quick meal in the winter, and it&#8217;s easy to eat &#8220;in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3292,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3296,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291\/revisions\/3296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uscgnews.com\/go\/doc\/4007\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}