Martha Stewart’s Broccoli Soup

Martha Stewart’s Broccoli Cheese soup is creamy and delicious. It is also naturally gluten free.

Back in 2021, I did a Martha Stewart Cooking Challenge.

I own almost every Martha Stewart Cookbook and I own almost every copy of her Everyday Food Magazine which ran from 2003 to 2013. I also own quite a few copies of her older Living Magazines.

I would say that I am a fan of Martha Stewart, but it might be better to say that I am a fan of Martha Stewart’s older recipes.

A lot of her recipes, especially the new ones, are complicated and require special ingredients, but some of her older recipes are great recipes. And they need some more attention.

The goal of my Martha Stewart Cooking Challenge was to cook from my Martha Stewart recipe collection. The recipes are not doing any good just sitting on a bookshelf.

So I challenged myself to cook at least one recipe a week and I shared the journey here on my site. I shared the recipes we loved and the disasters. Yes, I had quite a few disasters.

I also shared what I changed and how I made them gluten-free.

I decided it was time to bring back my challenge. It won’t be every week, but I plan to share at least one recipe a month.

We are starting with Martha Stewart’s Broccoli Soup from the October 2017 Martha Stewart Living Magazine. This recipe is full of broccoli, potatoes, and cheese. And it is so good!

I have a copycat Panera Bread Broccoli soup that I have made for years, but I think Martha’s might be my new favorite because it is a little easier to make.

Is broccoli cheese soup gluten free?

Most broccoli cheese soup recipes are not gluten free because they contain flour. They can be made gluten free, but often times it changes the end result of the recipe quite a bit.

That is one reason that I love Martha Stewart’s Broccoli Cheddar Soup recipe. It is naturally gluten free as long as you read labels to make sure that your ingredients are gluten free.

What I Changed

The original recipe used shallots. I did not have any so I used onions. I know they are not the same, but it works.

The recipe also called for water. I wanted to up the flavor, so I used chicken broth. It made the flavor so much better. I highly recommend using chicken broth instead of just water.

The original recipe called for white cheddar cheese. I had planned to use white cheddar cheese, but I did not have any, so I used regular cheddar and it worked fine.

The original recipe had you add lemon juice for serving I skipped that. Instead, I added bacon. Okay, so I didn’t really use that in place of the lemon juice, but I did sprinkle it with cooked bacon when serving. I love bacon sprinkled on vegetable soups.

Ingredients

• oil
• shallots or onions
• garlic
• broccoli
• gold potatoes
• cheddar cheese
• bacon is optional but delicious