homemade broccoli cheese soup

Revisiting this thread, as it's almost time for me to make my soup.

http://www.gimmesomeoven.com/5-ingredient-broccoli-cheese-soup/
5 ingredient soup

Interesting ideas
http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/broccoli-cheddar-soup-recipe.html

Includes flour, but looks simple and I think it maybe could be omitted
http://www.landolakes.com/recipe/1903/broccoli-cheese-soup

Paleo & Gluten Free (HFLC & Keto Friendly) Broccoli Cheddar Soup!!!

http://www.gimmesomeoven.com/5-ingredient-broccoli-cheese-soup/
5 ingredient soup

I used this basic instruction & ingredients for the soup. I tried to access this link from home and it said “Page Not Found” but I found it by Googling “Broccoli Cheese Soup 5 ingredient.”

I made mine a Paleo version with ingredients I had on hand.

1 cup of onion (110g of Onion on the food scale and logged into MFP recipe calculator)

2 cups chopped broccoli (200g of broccoli on the food scale and logged into MFP recipe calculator)

3 cups home-made chicken broth (I’m sure store bough works fine, but I make it so…)

2 cups half & half (this varied from the recipe that used canned milk. I buy half & half in bulk for my coffee and had it on hand. I might try the recipe later their way because it was a bit dense in calories)

8oz block Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese (Aldi, friendly farms, hand shredded)

Very amounts small fresh ground pepper and salt

There was one detail I picked up elsewhere that I added to the recipe. When the soup was done, I scooped out about three cups of it and placed it in my food processor for a few spins, then added that back to the soup. This thickened the soup without adding nasty flour because I’m allergic to wheat. Mmm kay.

I was really surprised how easy it was. I did make sure to remove my soup from heat before adding the cheese, but it melted nicely while I stirred, no curdling!
This soup came out to right at 5 cups as per my big Pyrex thing. It was 1175 grams as per my food scale, so each serving is 1 cup or 235 grams.
Per serving here is the nutrition:
Calories: 337
Carbs: 8
Fat: 25
Protein: 18
Sodium: 364
Fiber: 1

I did add this to the MFP data base, not sure if you can actually see it or not.