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To make this a cream of broccoli soup healthy recipe, you can pack it with healthy goodies like garlic, tomato and spinach. An addition to the numerous broccoli health benefits of this soup recipe is that it uses milk, instead of cream to create that creamy taste.

Ingredients
1 tablespoon butter
3 cloves minced garlic
2 stalks of finely chopped celery
2 finely diced carrots
1 onion diced
¾ teaspoon dried rosemary
2 cups chicken stock
2 potatoes cut into small cubes
2 chopped tomatoes
2 tablespoons tomato paste
3 tablespoons flour
3 cups milk
1 cup chopped broccoli
2 cups fresh chopped spinach
Salt and pepper to taste
Recipe
Melt butter over medium heat, in a large pot. Cook garlic, celery, onions, carrots and rosemary until onions are softened , for about 5 minutes. Add stock and potatoes and bring to a boil. Lower heat to medium and cook with lid on for about 8 minutes. Once you have done that add tomatoes and tomato paste and stir to mix well. Cook, covered, for 5 minutes. Whisk flour into milk and stir gradually into the pot on medium flame. Add broccoli. Cook for 5 minutes until broccoli is just done. Add spinach and cook until just wilted, stirring often. Season with salt and pepper to taste.