Recipe #31: Vitamix broccoli cheddar miso soup

 This is a fantastic soup if you have a Vitamix. I have no idea how it would work out without a Vitamix. Also, more clean up.

Contrary to popular belief, you don’t have to be posh to own a Vitamix. I got the least expensive model from Best Buy with several years’ worth of points in gift cards, so it only cost me about the same as a regular blender. But it sounds like a jet plane is taking off in the kitchen whenever I use it. Apparently the more expensive models have mufflers or something.

This is also a minimal clean up soup if you use a Vitamix, a microwave oven, and reuse your bowl and spoon for serving. Perfect for lazy, rubbishy cooks like us!

Ingredients:

Directions:

Cut up your broccoli head into large florets and the stem into chunks and place into a microwave safe bowl. Rinse with water and ensure the broccoli is good and wet. Place the bowl in the microwave and cook on high for about 3-5 minutes until bright green and softened:

You could alternatively steam or parboil the broccoli. You just want it cooked but not overcooked or mushy. And you’d have a lot more clean up.

Pop the partially cooked broccoli, a peeled small shallot, a generous tablespoon of miso paste, and a few good chunks of cheddar into the Vitamix:

Add about a cup of milk and a cup of water:

Get your hearing protection ready if you own the cheapest Vitamix that sounds like a jet plane taking off in your kitchen:

Run your Vitamix on the highest speed for 6 (six!) minutes while wearing your hearing protection:

After six (6!) minutes on high, you’ll have a steaming hot, silky smooth cheddar broccoli miso soup:

If you microwaved your broccoli in a bowl, use the same bowl (and the same soup spoon from scooping the miso paste) to serve yourself a big bowl of delicious hot soup:

Clean your Vitamix by rinsing and half filling with water and a drop of dish soap and run on high for a few seconds: instant clean up!