Cream of Celery Soup

Northern_Reflectionz's Note:

An easy soup to make

• Total Time: 25 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 ½ cups chopped celery
• ½ cup chopped onion
• 1 cup water
• 3 cups milk
• 3 tablespoons flour
• pepper
• 2 tablespoons margarine

Directions:

1. Cook celery and onion in water 15 minutes
2. Add 2 1/2 cups milk.
3. Blend flour, butter and 1/2 cup milk and seasonings.
4. Add to celery mixture.
5. Cook til thickened.

Reviews

[piseag]

I'm not sure where this went off the rails for me as previous reviewers gave it such high marks, but I found it to be extraordinarily bland. As followed, this is celery in thickened milk--not my cup of tea. Perhaps I just did not read enough between the lines. I tasted the soup as it was finishing and I realized it needed something to give it flavour. I added thyme and garlic powder, about a 1/3 cup of 95% fat free cream cheese and about 1/3 cup of sour cream based onion dip (Helluva Good Dip). The cheese and dip served to thicken things up a little more as well as add flavour.

[PansiesForThoughts]

Added some cheese, croutons and thyme, was absolutely delicious.

[Primordial]

Very nice. I used this as the basis for Quick Sausage & Rice Skillet "Quick Sausage & Rice Skillet". Like Texas Rose, I took the extra step of making the fat/flour mix into a roux first - *way* more thickening power than raw flour, tastes nicer and works much faster. (and I use butter rather than margarine - same calories, and margarine is full of trans fats and increases bad cholesterol). A few seconds with a stick-blender made the soup really smooth. Even with the extra fiddling, this was fast and dead simple. I wish I'd known years ago how easy it was to make great cream of celery. Thank you Northern_Reflectionz!