Broccoli Cheddar Soup and Ham Rolls

We tried a new recipe tonight for Broccoli Cheddar Soup and it came out soup-er good :) I'm not gonna lie, I found the website through pinterest and you can find it here. I used her exact recipe with one change: I didn't use all half and half, I only used one cup and the other 3 cups were 2% milk. To go with it I made Ham Rolls that my momma has been making for years. It's a Flatley classic. But lets not get too ahead of ourselves. Here's DL on the soup:

You'll Need:

• 2 T. Butter, melted
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1/2 c. butter, melted
• 1/2 c. all purpose flour
• 1 c. half and half
• 3 c. milk (or all half and half if you want it extra-creamy)
• 4 c. chicken broth
• 1 lb. fresh broccoli
• 2 cups, grated carrots
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 1/2 t. nutmeg
• 16 oz sharp cheddar cheese, grated

Saute onions in 2 T butter and set aside. Next, add 1/2 c butter and 1/2 c 

flour and whisk occasionally until your concoction is blonde in color:

 

Add milk and half and half (or all half and half) to butter and flour slowly. 

It will be really thick at first (that's good! Flour is a thickening agent) 

and then it'll look like you just put milk in a pot. Let it simmer

--not boil-- for 20-25 minutes.

 When the time is up, add your chopped broccoli, carrots and onions. 

Simmer an additional 20-25 minutes, or until the veggies are tender and 

the soup has thickened.

 

 Puree with an immersion blender (or carefully transfer to a blender) 

until desired consistency is reached. Add cheese, salt, pepper and nutmeg &

 whisk until incorporated, and BAM! You're done.

Now on to the Ham Rollz, ya'll:

This is a super secret family recipe.... so I'm a gonna post it on this here blog. It's  outrageously simple and to-die-for good. Here we go.

Ingredients:

• 1 small onion, chopped fine
• 3 tbsp mustard
• 3 tbsp poppy seeds
• 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• ham
• Swiss cheese
• dinner rollz

What you do:

         Mix the first four ingredients up in a bowl. Cut dinner rolls in half, spread all of mixture on bottom half of rolls. Put a layer of cheese, then a layer of ham, then a layer of cheese. Top with upper half of dinner rolls. Bake in oven at 375 for 20 minutes or until warm in the middle and the cheese is all melty-delish. Eat. Love. Eat some more.

You don't see any poppy seeds in the picture 'cause I ran out and didn't realize it until I was searching through the cabinets calling out for them in vain. But they were still really yummy.

That's all for today! Have a great Saturday & come back tomorrow to learn how to make super simple homemade yogurt.

-Kaitlin