Vegan Cream of Broccoli

By Jen Paleracio | July 12, 2017

From the garden to the dinner table. This year is our first time planting vegetables in our backyard. I’d say we did pretty good! Sure it takes time to plant, nails and hands are definitely going to be dirty but a good harvest makes everything worth while. I’m still waiting for my tomatoes to ripen, but I can see them now growing in bunches. Ok – let’s go back to today’s recipe. I know I know, it’s just a garnish on my soup – but I feel pretty proud of my own herb garden. My curly parsley is pretty amazing! Bada bing bada boom!

This cream of broccoli is not far from the traditional recipe, perfect with your homemade gluten free croutons or crusty Artisan bread.

Let’s get cooking!

 

Recipe

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Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups broccoli florets
  • 2 cups unsweetened almond milk
  • 2 roma tomatoes, diced
  • 1 small carrots chopped
  • 1 yellow onion, chopped
  • 3 stalks celery chopped
  • 4 garlic clove, minced
  • 1/2 cup vegetable broth
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
  • 2 teaspoons tapioca flour
  • 1 teaspoon hickory liquid smoke
  • sea salt and black pepper to taste
  • pinch of red pepper flakes (optional)
  • parsley for garnish

Instructions
 

  • In a bowl, add almond milk and tapioca flour, stir to dilute the tapioca. Set aside. Heat a stock pan with oil. Saute garlic and onion, add tomatoes, carrots, celery, and broccoli, stir to mix well. Season with nutritional yeast, liquid smoke, salt, and pepper, stir to mix, simmer for a minute. Remove from the heat. 


  • Place the veggie mixture in a food processor, process until smooth. Transfer the mixture back to the stock pan. Add almond milk and vegetable broth, stir, add more salt if needed. Simmer for 2-3 minutes or until well heated. Add a pinch of red pepper flakes and garnish with parsley. 

 

What the heck is Nutritional Yeast?

“Nutritional yeast is made from a single-celled organism, Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, which is grown on molasses and then harvested, washed and dried with heat to kill or “deactivate” it. Because it’s inactive, it doesn’t froth or grows like baking yeast does so it has no leavening ability. Don’t worry; no animals are harmed in this process because yeasts are members of the fungi family, like mushrooms, not animals”. ~Fat-Free Vegan Kitchen

 

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