Quick and Easy Broccoli Orange Pepper Soup

Broccoli and orange peppers go surprisingly well together. They are a double whammy of vitamin C. 

I  made this delicious soup and surprised myself. Just throwing things into a frying pan and then into my Vitamix I was able to enjoy a delicious dinner in no time.  

 

Some crusty bread would be a good accompaniment.

Ingredients make four bowls of soup:

Garlic clove chopped

1/2 white onion chopped

1 orange bell pepper chopped

2 handfuls of broccoli florets 

2 cups chicken broth

1T flour

1 T Butter

Olive oil as needed 

Salt, pepper corns, 1 teaspoon thyme

Directions:

Saute garlic in olive oil 

Add the white onion and 1 T butter  and cook until translucent

Add pepper corns and thyme

Steam broccoli florets in microwave

Add orange bell pepper and cook until soft

Add steamed broccoli

Add 2 cups of chicken broth

Make a roux with 1 T flour and 2T broth.  Stir into soup broth.

Combine cooked ingredients in Vitamix 

Add salt to taste