Cheeseburger Soup

PEARL CHATS: This filling soup is going to bless your socks off! It tastes super cheesy & creamy yet it doesn’t go overboard abusing calories with multiple cups of cream or oodles and oodles of cheese like most cheeseburger soups do (then they add cornstarch or flour to thicken for a fat explosion yikes!). This big ol’ pot of soup feeds a large crowd, yet there are only a very sensible ⅓ cup of cream and 2 cups of grated cheese in it. The yellow squash gives the lovely golden, creamy, cheesy color and works in tandem with the cauliflower and Gluccie to thicken up and “creamify” things beautifully without the need for waist-exploding white flour or cornstarch. This recipe is a family-serve recipe that feeds 6 to 8 people. This recipe is found in the "Big Eats Soups" section of Trim Healthy Table.

Cooking Method: Blender

Courses: Dinner, Lunch

Servings: 6

Description

PEARL CHATS: This filling soup is going to bless your socks off! It tastes super cheesy & creamy yet it doesn’t go overboard abusing calories with multiple cups of cream or oodles and oodles of cheese like most cheeseburger soups do (then they add cornstarch or flour to thicken for a fat explosion yikes!). This big ol’ pot of soup feeds a large crowd, yet there are only a very sensible ⅓ cup of cream and 2 cups of grated cheese in it. The yellow squash gives the lovely golden, creamy, cheesy color and works in tandem with the cauliflower and Gluccie to thicken up and “creamify” things beautifully without the need for waist-exploding white flour or cornstarch. This recipe is a family-serve recipe that feeds 6 to 8 people. This recipe is found in the "Big Eats Soups" section of Trim Healthy Table.

Ingredients

1 1/2 lb ground beef (1½ to 2 pounds ground beef, thawed if frozen)
10 oz frozen small-cut seasoning blend (1- (10- to 12-ounce) bag frozen small-cut seasoning blend, or 1 large onion, diced)
32 oz chicken broth (1 quart chicken broth, with an optional 3 to 4 tablespoons Just Gelatin or Integral Collagen; see Page 40)
5 cups water
1 summer squash (1 medium-large yellow summer squash or 2 smaller squash, roughly chopped)
32 oz frozen cauliflower (2- (16-ounce) bags frozen cauliflower florets)
2 tsp TH Mineral Salt (2 to 2½ teaspoons TH Mineral Salt, start with 2, adding more at the end if needed)
1 tsp black pepper
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp garlic powder (1-2 teaspoons garlic powder)
1/2 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric; optional, but helps develp the cheesy color)
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper (or more to taste....yummy)
1 tsp basil (dried basil)
2 Tbs TH Nutritional Yeast
1 squirt Bragg's liquid aminos (A squirt or two Bragg liquid aminos; optional)
2 tsp TH Glucomannan ("gluccie")
1 tsp parsley flakes (dried)
1/3 cup heavy cream
2 cups cheddar cheese (grated)

Instructions

1
Brown the meat in the bottom of a large soup pot over medium-high heat. Drain the meat (to remove the fat) and return the meat to the pot. Add the seasoning blend (or onion) and cook with the meat for a couple minutes.
2
Add the broth with the optional gelatin and collagen (if using), the water, yellow squash, cauliflower, the seasonings, nutritional yeast, and liquid aminos (if using). Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium, cover, and allow to simmer for 5 minutes.
3
Scoop out roughly one-half to two-thirds of the cauliflower, along with all the squash pieces, and place in a blender (doesn’t matter if a little seasoning blend goes in the blender or even if a few crumbles of meat sneak in, but try to avoid the rest). Add 1½ to 2 cups of the hot broth and the Gluccie. Blend on high for 30 seconds, holding the lid on tightly. Stop the blender, vent the hot air, then blend again, holding onto the lid for another full minute.
4
Stir the contents of the blender into the soup. Cover and simmer over medium-low heat for another 15 minutes or so. Add the parsley flakes, heavy cream, and cheddar, stirring until the cheese is melted. Taste and adjust the seasonings until it absolutely rocks your world, then serve.

Note

MAKE A FAMILY MEAL:

For the weight-loss plan, enjoy with an optional side salad and an S-friendly bread item from the Breads chapter (page 240).
Growing children or others at Crossover stage can have buttered sprouted-grain toast on the side.

Read it online: https://trimhealthymama.com/recipe/cheeseburger-soup/