Allergy-Safe Broccoli Cream Soup

Something about gray dismal days makes me long for Autumn, and Autumn makes long to be in the kitchen, baking and cooking up a storm! As a prelude to fall, I made a WONDERFUL dairy free allergy safe Cream of Broccoli Soup this morning!~ I see why Jacob ate 2 bowls for breakfast- this is really good! 🙂

• 1 Large onion-chopped finely
• 3 Broccoli stalks-[stem&heads]
• 2  Potatoes- peeled & diced
• 1 TBSN minced Garlic
• Olive oil
• 2 cups [safe] Chicken Broth plus 1/2+ cup
• 1-1/2 Cup Rice Milk
• 1-2 TBSN potato starch to thicken
• Salt and Pepper to taste

In a large pot, drizzle bottom of pan with olive oil- a few TBSNs, then add diced onion and garlic and cook over med-hi heat until onions are clear and soft.  Add 2 cups chicken broth, and 1 1/2 heads plus 2 diced stalks of the broccoli and diced potatoes then bring to a boil. [You may need to add about 1 cup of water to pot if not enough liquid-]  Once potatoes are cooked through, remove pot from heat and Add contents to blender and puree, [or use an immersion blender if you have one!] Return contents to pot,  [I added rice milk to blender to rinse out remaining goodies, add to pot!]~

Add rice milk, and additional 1/2 cup + of chicken broth until right consistency- I also added a bit of potato starch to thicken-whisked in- Lastly add in remaining Broccoli, chopped up, and salt and pepper to taste-[about a tspn+ of salt, 5-6 pepper mill grinds!].  Bring soup to gentle boil, stirring, then reduce heat.