A snowy winter broccoli soup of a day

I bought a bunch of broccoli last week for 99 cents a pound – anticipating that it might snow.

Today was the soup day.

First get the broccoli to steaming.

Next get out the soup pot and put butter in:

Add onions and garlic:

After they have sweated for a bit – drown ’em in chicken broth:

Note: this chicken broth was from Grocery Outlet and certainly not LOW fat! (Low Carb, yes…)

Oh, what to add next?

Maybe whipping cream?

Sure – then what?

This is Xanthan Gum – a low carb thickener.

I put just a spoonful in – and danged if it did not clump up.

Next time I would take some broth and mix the xanthan gum and broth in a separate bowl and dump them back in the soup pot when they are well blended.

Better than finding globs and smushing them against the side of the pot to break them up…

Next – the broccoli goes in!

And it gets pulverized!

My friend Wanda, said to me a few months ago, that life is too short to not eat good cheese.  She is right.  I no longer buy the medium cheese – it is sharp or even Extra-Sharp!

If you do not have access to Tillamook Extra Sharp Cheese  – I feel sorry for you.

What on earth could make this soup any better??

Bacon!

Bacon makes everything better!

Yum.

I had two bowls full!