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End Winter and head into Spring with this delicious rich & creamy soup packed with cheese & veggies. WARM AND COZY CROCKPOT BROCCOLI AND CHEDDAR SOUP
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Today's Recipe: https://catherinesplates.com/crockpot-broccoli-cheddar-soup/
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Let's finish off the cold days of winter
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before we head into spring with this
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delicious, rich and creamy, packed with
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cheese and veggie. We're going to make
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Crock-Pot broccoli cheddar soup. I'm
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going to be using my big sixQ crockot
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today because I'm going to be cutting up
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this head of broccoli. Look at this
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thing. It's huge, right? I'm hoping to
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get about four to six cups of chopped
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broccoli from it. We're going to add in
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a yellow onion and some carrot, which
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will give it some sweetness, some added
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veggies to the dish, and will give it
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some color also. All right, you guys,
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let's go ahead and get started. So, if
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you're using the fresh broccoli, you
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want to go ahead and rinse it off. Make
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sure it's nice and clean. And then we're
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going to chop it down into fuettes. And
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then from there, we'll chop it down even
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further. as long as we get to biteize
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pieces.
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Now, I do have
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[snorts]
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a broccoli and cheddar soup that I made
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on stove top, so it's a little different
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than this one here. I've got a little
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added flavors to this recipe today.
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And I had one of you guys ask me if I
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could make
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the broccoli and cheddar soup in the
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crock pot. So, looking through some
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recipes and coming up with the flavor
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blends that I like, I came up with this
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recipe here.
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Now, I'm going to be chopping this down.
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I'm going to put them into some
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measuring cups. That way, I get exactly
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six cups. You don't want to have too
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much. It'll drown out your soup. So, I'm
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going to start with the You know what?
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I'm just going to cut it all down. I can
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put it in a Ziploc bag if I need to do
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that. Now, some of y'all would suggest
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that I use that, chop it down, and even
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make a slo with it, which we're going to
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do. [laughter]
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So, take your knife and then just cut
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where the attached stems are.
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And we can use that with the other part
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for the sllo that we can make.
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Make a nice springtime
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sllo, broccoli sllo.
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Just like that. All right. Now, before I
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get to this, I'm going to go ahead and
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measure this out. Remember, we're
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looking for six cups.
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This one's a four cup. This one's a four
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cup. Also,
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I think I'll cut up a few more. You know
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what? I might just cut up the rest of
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this and then be done with that. We got
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a good amount of broccoli there. About 6
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and 1/2, seven cups. So, what I'm going
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to do is place this into the bottom of
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our crock pot.
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We're going to add a large yellow onion.
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Now, I'm just going to take off the ends
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that outer layer.
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We're going to cut it in half.
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I'm going to cut it into chunks here.
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Big slices.
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Let's see.
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And then we'll slice through that.
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[snorts] I am going to be using an
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immersion blender at the end.
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So, some of this will get chopped down
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into that. But as you're cooking onion,
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you know that it will soften down
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and it'll [snorts] give a nice texture
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to our soup, too. All
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right, we're going to place this on top
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of the broccoli.
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Here we go. We're going to get our
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carrots. Okay, so I'm peeling the
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carrots and then we'll take off both
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ends.
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Now, the carrots will give a nice
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sweetness to the dish and little bits of
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color throughout.
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Kind of perk up that green in there.
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Yeah.
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And generally when you make a cheddar
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broccoli soup,
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you shred your carrots.
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I'm going to be using my box grater.
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Watch your fingers and your hands.
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All right, let's add that to the
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broccoli and onions in the crock pot.
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All right, let's start our garlic. All
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right, I've got four garlic cloves.
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We're just going to bash them with the
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side of our knife,
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break them up, peel them, and then we'll
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mince them.
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Nothing beats fresh garlic.
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All right, then we're just going to pull
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it together. Run a knife through it.
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Tuck your fingers in.
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And we'll mince it up. That way it can
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distribute all through the soup.
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Oh, smells so good, you guys. So much
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better than jarred garlic, which you
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know I use for convenience.
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But when you're making all fresh soup
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here,
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you need the fresh garlic. You
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definitely need it. All right, we're
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going to add that to the veggies in our
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crock pot. And that's all we're chopping
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up right there.
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M. Can y'all smell that?
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It's all going to get stirred up, so it
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doesn't matter wherever you put it.
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All right, for a little bit of
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cheesiness,
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tanginess,
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we're going to add in four oz of cream
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cheese. Now, I'm just going to dollop
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this
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into pieces
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so I can get all mixed up in there.
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And then we'll dollop it on top.
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Oh my goodness. Yes. Have y'all ever
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heard of this cream cheese? Yeah. It'll
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help with that creaminess.
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All right.
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It'll melt all up in there.
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All right. In a large mixing bowl, we're
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going to add in four cups chicken broth.
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You can even use vegetable broth if you
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want to do that. Now, I'm using the 33%
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less sodium chicken broth.
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We're going to add in 1/4 cup Yeah. corn
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starch. That'll help thicken it up.
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I got an eighth of a
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cup there. So, we'll go in twice.
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Come some seasonings.
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Half a teaspoon salt. 1/4
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teaspoon black pepper,
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y'all. We're going to add 1/4 teaspoon
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of nutmeg. It'll add some warmth to our
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soup.
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Don't discount that. Yeah. And then I'm
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going to add in
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some garlic powder. That will enhance
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our garlic that we chopped up. And then
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we'll add in, of course, some onion
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powder to enhance the onions that we put
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in. I always do that. It just enhances
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the flavor. Get a whisk. We're going to
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blend this all together.
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That cornstarch is going to help thicken
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our soup at the end.
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There we go. Make sure you get that
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cornstarch good and mixed in. It'll be
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stuck to the bottom of your bowl. So,
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make sure you get in there. Scrape it
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off the bottom. Oh, smells good, you
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guys. Take a whiff of that.
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Mhm. I smell that nutmeg in there.
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All right, we're going to pour this all
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over our soup.
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Keep stirring it in there. Get all the
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bits up. Make sure all the seasonings
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are well blended in. Don't leave
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anything hanging in that bowl. Hey, nice
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and clean. That's what you want. Oh,
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smells good.
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Okay, now we have to cook this down
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before we finish the soup off. We're
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going to place the lid on.
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We're going to cook it on high for 2 to
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3 hours, or you can cook it on low for 6
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to 7 hours. Now, of course, mine's going
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to be on high, so I'm going to select
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that. And then I'm going to go
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two and a half hours. And then when we
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come back, we're going to finish the
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soup off. We still got some cheese and
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other things to put into it.
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Okay, you guys. I'll be back. All right,
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let's take a look.
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Now, through the cook time, I was
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stirring it around.
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Get all those flavors together. Oh, look
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at that. What we're going to do is I'm
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going to take an immersion blender
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and I'm going to blend this up a little
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bit. Now, I still want it kind of
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chunky.
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So, I'm not going to blend this into an
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oblivion.
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So, when you put your immersion blender
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into that, go all the way down to the
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bottom and then push your button.
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That way, you don't splatter yourself.
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And then just go around
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[cough and clears throat]
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And then make it as creamy as you want
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it.
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We got a few more things to add in
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[snorts] to finish this up.
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That looks good. Now, we are going to
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set the crock pot on the low setting.
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And we're going to add in two cups of
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milk. or you can even do heavy whipping
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cream or half and half, whatever you
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want. And then we're going to add in
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eight ounces of shredded cheese. Now,
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for a real smooth creaminess to the
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soup, I would definitely shred your
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cheese yourself and not use that bag
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stuff.
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Now, if you like the equipment that I
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use in my kitchen, you can go to
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kathern'splates.com. That's my recipe
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blog. And then you can click on the link
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that has cookbooks and store items and
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then go into the Amazon and just click
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on that and it'll show you the items
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that I use.
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I am affiliated with Amazon. I get just
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a little tiny amount anytime you buy
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anything from there, but it's no extra
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charge from you. So they don't jump up
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the prices if you buy something. Okay,
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we're going to stir that again.
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Fresh is better.
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All right, we're going to stir this
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in. I'm going to put a lid on and then
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we're going to cook this for an
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additional 30 minutes until that cheese
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is nice and melted.
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and we're going to give it a try
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because our broccoli is definitely
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cooked the way we want it.
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All right, now I've tasted the soup and
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I'm going to add eight more ounces of
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shredded cheese. I want that in there.
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So, we'll add that in. Give that a nice
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stir.
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As far as the flavors go, it was really
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good. Feel like it needed a little extra
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salt in there, but I'm hoping the extra
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cheese right here will take care of
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that. I'm going to grab a spoon.
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Check that out one more time before we
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put a lid on it. Let all the flavors
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come together. Oh, look at that cheese
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right there.
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That's good.
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I like that you still have the texture
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from the carrots and the broccoli. All
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right,
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let's cook it 30 more minutes on low.
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All right, you guys. I think we have it.
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Look at this.
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Woo! Creamy, but yet we got that
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delicious texture going on.
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I checked for flavors, made the
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adjustments as needed.
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I want this in a bowl right now.
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You see all the little specks from the
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carrots, the little chunks from the
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broccoli.
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Definitely can see the pieces of onion
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in there.
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All right, you guys. We're going to bowl
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this up. Give it a try.
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Okay. I love the big chunks of that
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broccoli in this soup.
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There's my bite, you guys.
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Mhm.
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Wow, that's delicious.
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It's creamy.
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I love that cheese in there. Just kind
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of pulls it all together. Don't be
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afraid of that nutmeg, you guys.
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kind of gives a warmingness to the soup.
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Mhm.
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That's good.
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How creamy that is.
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Kind of a thick soup also. All right,
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you guys. There is my broccoli and
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cheddar soup in the crock pot. Two
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thumbs up on this one. I'm loving this
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one. It is perfect as we're leaving
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winter and heading into spring. My last
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soup of the season. All right, you guys.
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